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Dictionary: re·cov·er·y   (rĭ-kŭv'ə-rē) pronunciation
n., pl., -ies.
  1. The act, process, duration, or an instance of recovering.
  2. A return to a normal condition.
  3. Something gained or restored in recovering.
  4. The act of obtaining usable substances from unusable sources.

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Banking Dictionary: Recovery
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1. Collection of payment on an obligation previously written off as a loss. Because the loan already was charged against the reserve account for bad debts, recoveries may be credited against the loan loss reserve or allocated to undivided profits. Recoveries may result from payment by the borrower or liquidation of collateral. See also Workout Agreement.

2. Improvement in the business cycle, as after a Recession.

3. Gain in securities prices after a market decline.

4. Gain in the value of a currency against other world currencies.

Food and Fitness: recovery
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The physiological processes that restore the body to its pre-exercise condition after exercise. Recovery includes replenishment of muscle glycogen and phosphagen (the energy stores in the muscles); removal of lactic acid and other metabolites (the waste products of muscle activity); reoxygenation of myoglobin (the special respiratory pigment which provides muscles with an extra source of oxygen); and replacement of protein (needed to repair muscles damaged during exercise). Recovery can be accelerated by ensuring body fluids lost in sweat are replaced with water; by replacing mineral salts lost in sweat (especially sodium and potassium); and by eating enough nutrients (especially foods that can be converted to muscle glycogen) to replace those lost during the exercise. See also rest.

Thesaurus: recovery
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noun

  1. The act of getting back or regaining: recoup, repossession, retrieval. See get/lose.
  2. A return to normal health: rally, recuperation. See health/sickness.
  3. A return to former prosperity or status: comeback. See approach/retreat, win/lose/recovery.

Antonyms: recovery
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n

Definition: improvement
Antonyms: deterioration

n

Definition: recuperation
Antonyms: relapse

n

Definition: retrieval
Antonyms: loss


Dental Dictionary: recovery
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In a lawsuit, the obtaining or restoration of a right to something by a verdict, decree, or judgment of court.

n. 1. in air operations, the phase of a mission that involves the return of an aircraft to a base.

2. in naval mine warfare, the salvage of a mine as nearly intact as possible to permit further investigation for intelligence or evaluation purposes.

3. in amphibious reconnaissance, the physical extraction of landed forces or their link-up with friendly forces.

4. in evasion and recovery operations, the return of evaders to friendly control, either with or without assistance, as the result of planning, operations, and individual actions on the part of recovery planners, conventional/unconventional recovery forces, and/or the evaders themselves.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

The physiological processes taking place in the period following an acute bout of exercise when the body is restored to its pre-exercise condition. Recovery processes include replenishment of muscle glycogen and phosphagen stores, removal of lactic acid and other metabolites, reoxygenation of myoglobin. and protein replacement.

Law Encyclopedia: Recovery
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The acquisition of something of value through the judgment of a court, as the result of a lawsuit initiated for that purpose.

For example, an individual might obtain recovery in the form of damages for an injury.

The term recovery is also used to describe the amount ultimately collected, or the amount of the judgment itself.

Veterinary Dictionary: recovery
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Return to normal after illness or period of devitalization, e.g. anesthesia, surgery.

  • r. period — period after surgery when the patient needs to be closely monitored to ensure that its return to normal is uneventful.
  • r. room — a special room with special monitoring and resuscitation equipment used for monitoring the patient recovering from surgery.
  • surgical r. — the process of healing of a surgical wound and restoration to normal of body functions and systems, e.g. fluid and acid–base balance, that have been disturbed by the original disease or by the surgical procedure.
Cosmic Lexicon: Recovery
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In astronomy, the first time a periodic comet is observed on its inbound journey toward perihelion.


Military Dictionary: recovery
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(DOD) 1. In air (aviation) operations, that phase of a mission which involves the return of an aircraft to a land base or platform afloat. 2. The retrieval of a mine from the location where emplaced. 3. Actions taken to rescue or extract personnel for return to friendly control. 4. Actions taken to extricate damaged or disabled equipment for return to friendly control or repair at another location. See also evader; evasion; evasion and recovery; recovery; recovery force.

Wikipedia: Recovery
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Recovery or Recover can refer to:

  • Recovery of a missing or stolen item.

Contents

Computing

  • Data loss refers to the unforeseen loss of data or information.

Economics

  • Economic recovery, the end of a recession or depression, marked by renewed growth after the slump in the business cycle.

Electronics

  • Reset recovery time refers to the time between the de-assertion of asynchronous reset and the next active clock edge.
  • Reverse recovery time refers to the time taken for a diode current to drop close to zero, after the diode is reverse biased.

Health

  • Healing, the process of recovering from an injury or illness
  • The Recovery model of mental distress/disorder
  • Twelve-step program of recovery from substance abuse/drug addiction
  • Recovery International, a self-help mental health program based on the work of the late Abraham A. Low, M.D.
  • Hair of the dog or "Recovery drinking", the practice of drinking off a hangover, mainly amongst students

Ownership

  • Repossession, recovering ownership of property
  • Data recovery, the process of recovering data
  • The finding and reporting of a ringed bird (see bird ringing)

Science

Publications

Television

Music

Shipping

Off Road Recovery



Translations: Recovery
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - generhvervelse, genvinding, bedring (efter sygdom)

idioms:

  • in recovery    i bedring

Nederlands (Dutch)
herstel, verhaal, inning, terugwinning, vaststelling van een recht door rechtbank, slag die bal uit bunker slaat (golf)

Français (French)
n. - rétablissement, guérison, (fig) ressaisissement, (Écon, Fin) redressement, reprise, remontée, relance, rapatriement (d'un véhicule), récupération (de biens), recouvrement (de dettes), réparation

idioms:

  • in recovery    en voie de guérison

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wiederfinden, Eintreibung, Wiedererlangung, Erholung, Rückgewinnung

idioms:

  • in recovery    in Behandlung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάκτηση, ανάρρωση, ανάκαμψη

idioms:

  • in recovery    στην ανάκτηση της μπάλας

Italiano (Italian)
ricupero, ripristino, ripresa, convalescenza

idioms:

  • in recovery    in ricupero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - recuperação (f), restabelecimento (m)

idioms:

  • in recovery    em recuperação

Русский (Russian)
возврат, возмещение, выздоровление

idioms:

  • in recovery    идущий на поправку

Español (Spanish)
n. - recuperación, cobranza, reivindicación, rescate, reactivación, restablecimiento, mejoría, reconquista

idioms:

  • in recovery    en proceso de recuperación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillfrisknande, återvinnande, (ek) återhämtning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
重获, 恢复, 复苏, 复得, 复元, 痊愈

idioms:

  • in recovery    康复之中

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 重獲, 恢復, 復蘇, 複得, 複元, 痊愈

idioms:

  • in recovery    康復之中

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 회복, 갱생, 복구, 되찾음

idioms:

  • in recovery    회복상태로

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 回復, 立ち直り, 復興, 取り戻すこと, 復旧

idioms:

  • in recovery    回復中の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شفا, استعادة, الشي المسترد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮השבה, התאוששות, החלמה‬


 
 
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