Definition for
excess
noun – A going beyond ordinary, necessary, or proper limits; superfluity in number, quantity, or amount; undue quantity; superabundance: as, an excess of provisions; excess of bile in the system.
noun – Undue indulgence of appetite; want of restraint in gratifying the desires; intemperance; over-indulgence.
noun – The amount by which one number or quantity exceeds another; overplus; surplus: as, the excess of revenue over expenditures is so much.
noun – 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; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance.
noun – An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
noun – The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
noun – 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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