| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time; "the concept of exceedance can be applied to any type of environmental risk modeling".[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "EXCEEDANCE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1972. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXCEEDANCE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Administration | Violation of environmental protection standards by exceeding allowable limits or concentration levels. (references) | ||
| Environment | Violation of the pollutant levels permitted by environmental protection standards. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: EXCEEDANCE
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Percentage Exceedance | Hydraulics | Percentage of time that a given value is exceeded. (references) | |
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