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exceedance

Syllables: ex·ceed·ance/ɛkˈsiːdn̩s/

exceedance noun: the extent to which an action, activity or substance exceeds a limit set by recommended practice, legislation, etc.

Noun

exceedance (countable and uncountable, plural exceedances)

  1. The extent to which an action, activity or substance exceeds a limit set by recommended practice, legislation, etc.
    • A region is considered "nonattainment" of an air quality standard (NAAQS) if its estimated exceedance rate of the NAAQS is more than once per year over three years. Exceedances are counted in terms of days.1989, Ralph E. Morris, Mike W. Gery, Mei-Kao Liu, Gary E. Moore, Christopher Daly, Stanley M. Greenfield, “Sensitivity of a Regional Oxidant Model to Variations in Climate Parameters”, in Joel B....
    • On a periodic basis, airlines aggregate and analyze exceedances over time—for example, the number of unstabilized approaches at a particular airport per month, over the last 12 months.1997 December, US General Accounting Office, Aviation Safety: Efforts to Implement Flight Operational Quality Assurance Programs, GAO/RCED-98-10, Report to Congressional Requesters, page 24

Examples of exceedance in a sentence

  • As defined in Chapter 2, an exceedance probability curve is a graphical representation of the probability that a certain level of loss will be exceeded over a future time period.2005, Patricia Grossi, Don Windeler, “Chapter 4 - Source, Nature, and Impact of Uncertainties on Catastrophe Modeling”, in Patricia Grossi...
  • "Exceedances are decommissioned while they undergo remediation," Ms Hammat said.2025 September 9, Mya Kordic, “Lead in water at Perth Children's Hospital no risk to patient safety, WA health minister says”, in ABC News...

Forms of exceedance

pluralexceedances

Origin of exceedance

From exceed + -ance.

Questions about exceedance

What does exceedance mean?
Exceedance means the extent to which an action, activity or substance exceeds a limit set by recommended practice, legislation, etc.
How do you use exceedance in a sentence?
As defined in Chapter 2, an exceedance probability curve is a graphical representation of the probability that a certain level of loss will be exceeded over a future time period.
What part of speech is exceedance?
Exceedance is a noun.
How do you pronounce exceedance?
Exceedance is pronounced /ɛkˈsiːdn̩s/.
What is the plural of exceedance?
The plural of exceedance is exceedances.

Words near exceedance in the dictionary

  1. excedents
  2. excedes
  3. exceding
  4. exceed
  5. exceedable
  6. exceedance
  7. exceedances
  8. exceeded
  9. exceedence
  10. exceedences
  11. exceeder

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