compliancy

[kuhm-plahy-uhn-see] Origin

com·pli·an·cy

[kuhm-plahy-uhn-see]
noun, plural com·pli·an·cies.
compliance (defs. 1, 2, 4).

Origin:
comply + -ancy
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Compliancy is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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compliance or compliancy (kəmˈplaɪəns)
 
n
1.  the act of complying; acquiescence
2.  a disposition to yield to or comply with others
3.  C a measure of the ability of a mechanical system to respond to an applied vibrating force, expressed as the reciprocal of the system's stiffness
 
compliancy or compliancy
 
n

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compliancy
1640s, from compliance.
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