>>1762020http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9A6F474644F1066E57BF7E815B57E277>compliance (Unit m/N) 1. The reciprocal of stiffness, being the displacement resultingfrom the application of unit load. In the case of beams, flexibility is an alternative term used for compliance.
Literally just a sciency-sounding word for "flexible".