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Definition of recovery area in English: recovery areanoun rɪˈkʌv(ə)ri ˌɛːrɪə 1US Military and Astronautics. A designated area on the ground or at sea within which recovery of a person, craft, etc., is to be effected, especially following a flight. 2Medicine. An area to which patients are brought to recover immediately after an operation; specifically = recovery room. 3Economics. An area of a country in which efforts are concentrated on economic recovery. 4Ecology (chiefly US). A region designated to enable an endangered or depleted species to recover in numbers.
Origin 1940s; earliest use found in Keith Wheeler (b. 1911). From recovery + area. Definition of recovery area in US English: recovery areanounrɪˈkʌv(ə)ri ˌɛːrɪə 1US Military and Astronautics. A designated area on the ground or at sea within which recovery of a person, craft, etc., is to be effected, especially following a flight. 2Medicine. An area to which patients are brought to recover immediately after an operation; specifically = recovery room. 3Economics. An area of a country in which efforts are concentrated on economic recovery. 4Ecology (chiefly US). A region designated to enable an endangered or depleted species to recover in numbers.
Origin 1940s; earliest use found in Keith Wheeler (b. 1911). From recovery + area. |