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Recession of 1913-1914
The Recession of 1913-1914 was a 23-month contraction of the US economy that began before World War I and was deepened by the 1914 financial crisis.
Recession of 1923-1924
The Recession of 1923-1924 was a 14-month contraction in United States business activity, from May 1923 to July 1924, that fell mainly on heavy industry rather than consumers.
Recession of 1926-1927
The Recession of 1926-1927 was a mild economic downturn in Germany, peaking in early 1926, with a related form in Britain, where the May 1926 general strike depressed employment.
Recession of 1937–1938
The Recession of 1937–1938 was a sharp American downturn within the recovery from the Great Depression, from May 1937 to June 1938, caused by tightened monetary and fiscal policy.
Recession of 1945
The Recession of 1945 was an eight-month US contraction, dated February to October 1945 by the NBER, driven by the dismantling of the wartime command economy rather than collapsing private demand.
Recession of 1949
The Recession of 1949 was the first United States recession after World War II, an 11-month downturn driven mainly by business inventory liquidation rather than falling consumer spending.
Recession of 1953
The Recession of 1953 was a mild US economic contraction from July 1953 into 1954, the first faced by the Eisenhower administration, driven by post-armistice defense spending cuts.
Recession of 1958
The Recession of 1958 was an eight-month US economic downturn from August 1957 to April 1958, the third postwar recession, driven chiefly by sharp inventory liquidation.
Recession of 1960-1961
The Recession of 1960-1961 was a 10-month contraction in the United States economy, dated by the NBER from April 1960 to February 1961, followed by a long expansion.
Recession of 1969-1970
The recession of 1969-1970 was a mild United States contraction from November 1969 to November 1970, caused by tight monetary policy against inflation, and marked by Penn Central's bankruptcy.
Recession pop
Recession pop, also called Electropop 08, is a retroactive label for upbeat late-2000s/early-2010s dance-pop (Lady Gaga, Kesha, Rihanna) released around the Great Recession, revived via TikTok in 2024-2025 with a 6.4% US streaming bump; it is not a proven recession indicator.
Recessionary gap
A recessionary gap, also called a contractionary gap, is the amount by which an economy's real GDP falls short of its potential output, implying unemployment and slack.
Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa inversa
Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa inversa (RDEB-I, RDEB-Inv), a rare autosomal recessive COL7A1 blistering disorder: generalized infantile blistering shifts to flexural and mucosal sites, with specific glycine/arginine collagen VII substitutions and 23% SCC risk by age 50.
Recessive Genes
Recessive genes: alleles expressed only when both gene copies carry them; carriers with one variant copy are usually unaffected. Covers Mendel, autosomal and X-linked recessive inheritance, 25% recurrence risk, and ACMG carrier screening.
Recessive X-linked ichthyosis
Recessive X-linked ichthyosis (XLI, steroid sulfatase deficiency, MIM 308100) is an X-linked recessive skin disorder from STS gene deletions, causing dark polygonal scales in about 1 in 2,000–6,000 males, with corneal opacities, cryptorchidism, and ADHD associations.
Rechallenge (pharmacology)
Rechallenge is the readministration of a drug suspected of causing an adverse reaction, after the drug was stopped, to determine whether the reaction recurs; it is rarely ethically justified.
Recharge (trade association)
Recharge, formally RECHARGE aisbl, is a Brussels-based trade association founded in 1998 representing the European advanced rechargeable and lithium battery industry, from raw-material suppliers to manufacturers and recyclers.
Rechargeable battery
A rechargeable battery, also known as a secondary cell, is a battery designed to be electrically recharged. Lithium-ion versions power electric vehicles and grid storage.
Rechargeable zinc–manganese dioxide battery
A rechargeable zinc–manganese dioxide battery pairs metallic zinc with a manganese dioxide cathode in aqueous electrolyte; Kang and co-workers proposed the modern rechargeable design in 2011.
Rechelle Hawkes
Rechelle Hawkes (born 1967, Albany, WA), Australian field hockey captain who won Olympic gold in 1988, 1996, and 2000, two World Cups, five Champions Trophies, and 279 caps.
Rechenmeister tradition
The Rechenmeister tradition was the German counterpart of Italian abbaco schools: writing and reckoning masters who taught commercial arithmetic in vernacular urban schools from the late 15th century.
Recheschnoi
Recheschnoi (Mount Recheshnoi) is a 1,984-m glaciated Holocene stratovolcano on Umnak Island in the Aleutians, Alaska, east of Vsevidof, with no historic eruptions and Alaska's only known geysers at Geyser Bight.
Recho Omondi
Recho Omondi: American designer of Kenyan heritage, founder of the OMONDI label (2013), creator and host of the fashion podcast The Cutting Room Floor (2018), dissolved the label in 2020, known for the viral 2025 Steve Madden interview.
Recidivism
Recidivism, also called reoffending or repeat offense, is when a person previously involved in the criminal justice system offends again, measured by new arrests, convictions, or imprisonment.
Recife
Recife, capital of Pernambuco, Brazil; also Mauritsstad under Dutch rule (1630-1654). Coastal port city founded 1537, 1.49 million residents (2022), UNESCO Creative City of Music, home of frevo and Galo da Madrugada.
Recipe
Recipe: a set of instructions plus ingredient list for preparing a dish; from Latin 'take'. Oldest examples are Babylonian cuneiform tablets (c. 1730 BCE); modern format standardized by Fannie Farmer (1896) and Schema.org markup online.
Recipe for Farewell (오늘은 좀 매울지도 몰라)
Recipe for Farewell (오늘은 좀 매울지도 몰라) is a 2022 Watcha original Korean drama, 12 episodes, directed by Lee Ho-jae, starring Han Suk-kyu and Kim Seo-hyung, adapted from Kang Chang-rae's 2018 essay about cooking for his wife dying of cancer.
Recipe for Love (사랑을 처방해 드립니다) (TV series)
Recipe for Love (사랑을 처방해 드립니다, I'll Prescribe You Love) is a 2026 KBS2 Korean weekend drama, 50 episodes, starring Jin Se-yeon and Park Ki-woong as heirs of feuding Western- and Korean-medicine families who work in fashion; aired Jan 31–Jul 19, 2026.
Recipes for Love and Murder
Recipes for Love and Murder is a 10-part South African murder mystery series based on Sally Andrew's Tannie Maria novel, starring Maria Doyle Kennedy, premiering March 2022 on M-Net and September 2022 on Acorn TV, with an eight-episode Season 2 in 2025.
Recipient Vessels
Recipient vessels (host or target vessels) are the arteries and veins at a flap recipient site anastomosed to transferred tissue in microsurgery; typical choices include superior thyroid, internal mammary, and thoracodorsal vessels.