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exceedance

ex·cee·dance

UK/ɛkˈsiːdn̩s/ US/ɪkˈsiːdn̩s/ uncommon

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”

Origin

From exceed + -ance.

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