Word Finder - excess

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The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper

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The excess of heavy water was given away to the neighbouring country.

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The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.

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The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.

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An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

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Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

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A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.

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To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.

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More than is normal, necessary or specified.

He even made grants in excess to the others from his own share.

She scooted closer to him, shifting the blanket so that she could drape the excess around his shoulders.

Would the heart, overweighted with sudden joy, stop beating for very excess of happiness?

It is insoluble in dilute acids, but is readily soluble in excess of potassium cyanide.

Taran nodded and stripped off his tunic and excess weapons before dropping into a fighting stance opposite his challenger.

The bride-price varied much, according to the position of the parties, but was in excess of that paid for a slave.

Excess of lime in the soil is said to favour the development of the fungus.

Drains ordinarily remove only excess of capillary water, an excess of percolating water in wet weather.

Gently towel dry and squeeze out excess water.

Had the expenses of all the small towns and rural communities been included, the total would be in excess of $20 gold, or £4, per capita.

Ammonium metavanadate is obtained when the hydrated vanadium pentoxide is dissolved in excess of ammonia and the solution concentrated.

The tri-iodide, AsI3 prepared by subliming arsenic and iodine together in a retort, by leading arsine into an alcoholic iodine solution, or by boiling powdered arsenic and iodine with water, filtering and evaporating, forms brick-red hexagonal tables, of specific gravity 4.39, soluble in alcohol, ether and benzene, and in a large excess of water; in the presence of a small quantity of water, it is decomposed with formation of hydriodic acid and an insoluble basic salt of the composition 4AsOI.

This excess is, however, subject to wide variation, owing to the obliquity of the ecliptic and of the lunar orbit to the equator, and therefore to the horizon.

To an outsider it also appears that the staff of officials is very largely in excess of any real needs of administration; several monopolies, which interfere with the habits of the people, tend to produce discontent; and the taking of their land and houses for public works, roads, &c., while but a mere fraction of their real value is allowed as compensation, does not help to increase their acquiescence in foreign control.

Excess cortisol is known to increase catabolism (protein breakdown in muscles ).

However in very chalky soils, there may be problems associated with the excess lime locking up the nutrients.

If the neck is too concave (action too high ), turn the truss rod nut clockwise to remove excess relief.

Equating (I) and (2) u/U = wÆ (3) which gives the particle velocity in terms of the pressure excess.

When such a rib is erected on centering without initial stress, the subsequent compression of the arch under its weight inflicts a bending stress and excess of compression in the upper member at the crown.

Kids can get tripped up in the excess fabric.

Hair growth can actually be stunted by excess dirt and oils.

Thus his famous general formula for virtue, that it is a mean or middle state, always to be found somewhere between the vices which stand to it in the relation of excess and defect, scarcely avails to render his treatment more systematic.

It easily burns, forming arsenious oxide if the combustion proceeds in an excess of air, or arsenic if the supply of air is limited; it is also decomposed into its constituent elements when heated.

But the best allies of the republicans against the Feuillants were the royalists pure and simple, who cared nothing about the constitution, and claimed to extract good from the excess of evil.

Public opinion became republican from an excess of patriotism, and owing to the propaganda of the Jacobin club; while the decree of the 25th of August 1792, which marked the destruction of feudalism, now abolished in principle, caused the peasants to rally definitely to the Republic. -

This amount was 20o million tons in excess of that actually discharged.

Seeliger, published in 1906, who showed that the observed excess of motion of the perihelion of Mercury may be accounted for by the action of that portion of the matter reflecting the zodiacal light which lies nearest to the sun.

If less, A slides over B, the rate of motion being determined by the excess of the effort over the resistance (friction).

It is shown that the blue solution most probably contains the acid of composition, H2Cr203, whilst in the presence of an excess of hydrogen peroxide more highly oxidized products probably exist.

The precipitated indium hydroxide is converted into a basic sulphite by boiling with excess of sodium bisulphite, and then into the normal sulphite by dissolving in hot sulphurous acid.

Some drugs given in excess are poisons to all forms of protoplasm, but when given in doses much short of the lethal they usually exhibit a distinct tendency to affect specially, and at an early period, certain organs or tissues, and hence result differences in action; others may act only on certain organs, leaving the others practically untouched.

There'd be no point in hauling excess baggage half-way across the country in the limited space of a motor home.

There he sullenly joined his wife Paulette, who was stuffing her face with the excess baked goods now available by virtue of Pumpkin Green's nocturnal departure.

The arena can accommodate in excess of 7,500 seated spectators, with provisions for the disabled.

However, no excess chromosomal aberrations in circulating human lymphocytes have been observed in patients treated for 8 months.

It took in excess of two full loads of readymixed concrete to fill the abyss.

Citroen says that this gives it a 0-60mph acceleration time of just over six seconds and a top speed in excess of 155mph.

Little net accretion was observed for tidal water levels in excess of 5m at the lower bank site.

For larger, more strongly adsorbed species the position of the dividing surface has little effect on the derived surface excess.

Loans in excess of US$1000 at the individual group member level must be accompanied by a sworn affidavit of securities pledged.

Conn's syndrome is also very rare, caused by a benign adenoma or hyperplasia of the zona glomerulosa producing excess aldosterone.

Conn's syndrome is a disease of the adrenal glands involving excess production of a hormone, called aldosterone.

The excess secretion of the hormone aldosterone into the blood is from an abnormal adrenal gland or glands.

New concrete surfaces must be well washed before use to remove all the excess surface alkali.

The CD is in excess of 64 minutes long and contains music in various styles including ambient, dance, blues and rock.

Then the hydrogen chloride produced reacts with excess ammonia to give ammonium chloride.

This will prevent the excess traction on the first sutures of the distal anastomosis.

As previously described, CAH embryos are exposed to excess androgens from the first few weeks, right through until birth.

Although virtually annihilated last century, the fur seal population has recovered steadily, and now numbers in excess of 50,000 individuals.

The watering was caused by poor apposition of the lid to the globe caused by shortening of the lid secondary to excess skin removal.