Compliant - definition


I cannot seem to locate in the search engine the definition of a compliant cartridge. Can one of you analogue experts please explain exactly what compliant / compliance means with respect to phono cartridge / tonearm. I only have a very vague idea. Thank you in advance. -EJC
ericjcabrera

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So then my question is basically the best matches are in the middle for example a Low to medium compliance cart of :

11 x 10-6  or 12 x 10-6 or 13 x 10-6 or 14 x 10-6

should match well to tone arms of anything between moderate weights of :

11 grams, 12 grams, 13 grams, 14 grams

?

Seems pretty easy this way to just remember anything 11 to 14 on both tonearm and cart. specs should match up pretty well. Anything outside of this you need to start being careful as a tone arm of 10 grams or 9 grams low weight would be now better suited with a higher compliance cart of 15 x 10-6 and up?