exceedance

[ik-seed-ns]

noun

the act or fact of exceeding something, especially a limit or standard: penalties for exceedance of air quality standards.

the amount by which something exceeds a limit or standard: a 10 percent exceedance.

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exceedance
noun
(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"

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