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English noun: exceedance

1. exceedance (attribute) (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time


SamplesThe concept of exceedance can be applied to any type of environmental risk modeling.


Broader (hypernym)chance, probability


Domain categorygeology









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