Recess may refer to:
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Recess (break)
Recess is a general term for a period in which a group of people are temporarily dismissed from their duties.
In education, recess is the American and Australian term (known as ''break'' or ''playtime'' in the UK), where students have a mid m ...
, a break period
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Alcove (architecture), part of a room
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setback (architecture)
A setback, in the specific sense of a step-back, is a step-like form of a wall or other building frontage, also termed a recession or recessed storey. Importantly, one or more step-backs lowers the building's center of mass, making it more stabl ...
especially across all storeys (a recessed bay or series of such bays)
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Recess, County Galway
Recess ( Irish: ''Sraith Saileach'' or ''Sraith Salach'') is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Its official name is in Irish, ''Sraith Saileach'', and translates as "stream of the willow tree". A notable former resident was Seán Lester, th ...
, Ireland; a village
Music
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''Recess'' (album), the 2014 debut album by Skrillex
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''Recess'' (bbno$ album), 2019
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Recess Records, a record label
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"Recess" (song), by Skrillex and Kill the Noise
* "Recess", a song by Melanie Martinez on the album ''
K-12
K-1 is a professional kickboxing promotion established in 1993, well known worldwide mainly for its heavyweight division fights and Grand Prix tournaments. In January 2012, K-1 Global Holdings Limited, a company registered in Hong Kong, acquired ...
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* "Recess", a song by Muse on the album ''
Hullabaloo Soundtrack''
Other uses
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Recess (Holy Roman Empire) A Recess (german: Reichsabschied, Reichsrezess) in the Holy Roman Empire was the document detailing all the decisions made by an Imperial Diet.
Until 1654, a Diet began, in addition to ceremonial rituals, with the reading of the Imperial Proposit ...
, the official record of decisions of an Imperial Diet
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Epitympanic recess
The epitympanic recess is a hollow located on the superior/roof aspect of the middle ear.
Clinical significance
This recess is a possible route of spread of infection to the mastoid air cells located in the mastoid process of the temporal bo ...
, part of the middle ear
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''Recess'' (TV series), an animated series by Disney
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Recess: School's Out'', a 2001 film based on the series
See also
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Recessed light
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Recession
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Recessive
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Recces
The South African Special Forces Brigade, colloquially known as the Recces, is South Africa's principal special operations unit, specialising in various types of operations including; counter-insurgency, long-range-reconnaissance, unconventio ...
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Reeses
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are an American candy consisting of a Peanut butter cup, chocolate cup filled with peanut butter, marketed by The Hershey Company. They were created on November 15, 1928, by H. B. Reese, a former dairy farmer and shippi ...
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Rhesus (disambiguation)
Rhesus may refer to:
* Rhesus of Thrace, a king in Greek mythology
* In Greek mythology, a river-god, son of Oceanus and Tethys
* ''Rhesus'' (play), the Ancient Greek tragedy thought to have been written by Euripides
* Rhesus (river), a river ...
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