exceedance (n)

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def (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
examples the concept of exceedance can be applied to any type of environmental risk modeling
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Domain of synset - TOPIC geology
Hypernym probability, chance
Derivationally related form exceedance → exceed
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Hyponym probability, chance
Member of this domain - TOPIC geology
Derivationally related form exceed → exceedance

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