Compliance is inverse stiffness
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*Compliance, or flexibility*, of a spring is the inverse of its stiffness and measures
how flexible the spring is.

**Links:**

#. `Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiffness#Compliance>`__.

.. py:currentmodule:: symplyphysics.definitions.compliance_is_inverse_stiffness

.. py:data:: compliance

    :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.classical_mechanics.compliance` of the spring.

Symbol:
    :code:`c`

Latex:
    :math:`c`

Dimension:
    :code:`length/force`


.. py:data:: stiffness

    :attr:`~symplyphysics.symbols.classical_mechanics.stiffness` of the spring.

Symbol:
    :code:`k`

Latex:
    :math:`k`

Dimension:
    :code:`force/length`


.. py:data:: definition

    :code:`c = 1 / k`


    Latex:
        .. math::
            c = \frac{1}{k}