|

exceedance

DEFINITIONS OF: exceedance

1

n (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”
Type of:
chance, probability
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES