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exceedances

exceedances is the plural of exceedance.

Meaning of exceedance

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....

Questions about exceedances

What is exceedances the plural of?
Exceedances is the plural of exceedance.

Words near exceedances in the dictionary

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

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