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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
- Example: "the concept of exceedance can be applied to any type of environmental risk modeling"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

exceedance
    n 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"