exceedance

[ik-seed-ns]

noun

1. the act or fact of exceeding something, especially a limit or standard.

   penalties for exceedance of air quality standards.

2. the amount by which something exceeds a limit or standard.

   a 10 percent exceedance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of exceedance¹

First recorded in 1950–55; exceed ( def. ) + -ance ( def. )

Example Sentences

“The City and County of San Francisco is deeply concerned by both the magnitude of this exceedance and the failure to provide timely notification,” wrote San Francisco Health Officer Susan Philip in an Oct.

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These included "storage outside the licence boundary, control of pests, exceedance of the three-month storage limit and control of odour" in 2023.

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The Met Office say, whilst this would not breach the agreement, it would likely be a temporary exceedance and a "milestone in climate history".

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Urban areas, already rich in nitrogen oxide from cars and industry running on fossil fuels, can jump way past their air-quality exceedance when wildfire emissions blow into town on a hot summer day.

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The highest exceedance of total suspended solids — a measure of floating particles — reached upward of 1,000 percent over the limit, Wirtis said.

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