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exceedance
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Noun exceedance has 1 sense
- exceedance(n = noun.attribute) Array - (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" is a kind of chance, probability
Derived form verb exceed2
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