compliance

  • 1compliance — com‧pli‧ance [kəmˈplaɪəns] noun [uncountable] LAW when someone obeys a law or rule or keeps an agreement: • The Coast Guard can board any ship and check its compliance with safety rules. • The refinery is operating safely and in compliance with… …

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  • 2compliance — com·pli·ance /kəm plī əns/ n 1: an act or process of complying with a demand or recommendation 2: observance of official requirements Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 3Compliance — can mean: In mechanical science, the inverse of stiffness Compliance (medicine), a patient s (or doctor s) adherence to a recommended course of treatment Compliance (physiology), the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original …

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  • 4compliance — ● compliance nom féminin Compliance pulmonaire, élasticité des poumons, dont la mesure est utilisée dans le bilan des maladies respiratoires. ● compliance (expressions) nom féminin Compliance pulmonaire, élasticité des poumons, dont la mesure est …

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  • 5compliance — compliance, types of compliance The organizational sociologist Amitai Etzioni distinguished three means by which organizations (see organization theory ) could secure compliance from their members essentially three types of power by which… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 6Compliance — Com*pli ance, n. [See {Comply}.] 1. The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. [1913 Webster] What compliances will remove dissension? Swift. [1913 Webster] Ready compliance with the wishes of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7compliance — [kəm plī′əns] n. 1. a complying with or giving in to a request, wish, or demand; acquiescence 2. a tendency to give in readily to others: Also compliancy in compliance with in accordance with …

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  • 8compliance — 1640s, from COMPLY (Cf. comply) + ANCE (Cf. ance). Related: Compliancy; compliant …

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  • 9compliance — acquiescence, resignation (see under COMPLIANT) Analogous words: obedience, docility, amenableness, tractableness (see corresponding adjectives at OBEDIENT): submitting or submission, yielding, deferring or deference (see corresponding verbs at… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 10compliance —  Compliance  Податливость   Величина, обратная модулю упругости при растяжении (D), модулю сдвига (G) или модулю всестороннего сжатия (B); эти величины связаны следующим соотношением: D=G/3+B/9 …

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