The phrase "above a ceiling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing physical spaces, limits, or metaphorical boundaries, such as in finance or performance metrics.
Example: "The temperature in the attic often rises above a ceiling of 100 degrees during the summer months."
Alternatives: "beyond a threshold" or "over a limit".
Above, a ceiling of shiny plywood (originally meant to be a conceptual skate ramp, as experienced mid-back flip) accentuates the hollow hiss of two gleaming Synesso espresso machines.
To simulate a rain of particle, in which listeners are immersed, the loudspeakers were placed in two arrays: one above the listeners (above a ceiling) and the other one below them (under a specially built floor).
The government would pick up all of an enrollee's drug costs above a ceiling, say $2,000 a year.
They made hooch by mixing fruit with bread from the cafeteria and stowing it above a ceiling panel until it fermented.
The anionic living-equilibrium polymerization (ALEP) of (p-isopropenylphenethyl poly(α-methylstyrene) macromonomer (p-isopropenylphenethyl polyas simultaneously purified and initiated above a ceiling temperature (Tc) and then propagated below Tc.
Unlike income taxes, payroll taxes usually make no allowance for the personal circumstances of the taxpayer, and, rather than being levied at graduated rates, payroll taxes often do not apply to income above a ceiling.
Above: a vaulted ceiling, as at the old Bouley, only it's brushed with gold leaf.
Baseline median scores for correct responses to survey items range from 73% up to 98% with several values in the mid-eighties and above suggesting a ceiling effect.
Above it, on a ceiling painted sky blue, tiny fiber-optic lights glint like stars.
As our study demonstrates, increasing Cre activity with tamoxifen at doses higher than 30 μg/g body weight did not increase site-specific recombination in Rosa26-lacZ mice above 80%, suggesting a ceiling effect of site-specific recombination.
A ceiling above your head?
