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Definition of Recessed

Recessed
Recess Re*cess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Recessing.] To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
Recessed
Recessed Re*cessed", a. 1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall. 2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] ``Comfortably recessed from curious impertinents.' --Miss Edgeworth. Recessed arch (Arch.), one of a series of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.
Recess
Recess Re*cess", n. [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.] 1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality. --South. My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered. --Eikon Basilike. 2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy. In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence. --Sir M. Hale. Good verse recess and solitude requires. --Dryden. 3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school. The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. --Macaulay. 4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc. A bed which stood in a deep recess. --W. Irving. 5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. Departure from his happy place, our sweet Recess, and only consolation left. --Milton. 6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science. --I. Watts. 7. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) A sinus.
Recess
Recess Re*cess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Recessing.] To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
Recess
Recess Re*cess", n. [G.] A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. --Brande & C.

Meaning of Recessed from wikipedia

- storeys (a recessed bay or series of such bays) Recess, County Galway, Ireland; a village Recess (album), the 2014 debut album by Skrillex Recess (bbno$ album)...
- costodiaphragmatic recess, which has a greater volume. The lung expands into the costomediastinal recess even during shallow inspiration. The costomediastinal recess is...
- inserted into recessed lighting fixtures, with the amount of heat generated by the bulb being a unique consideration. The earliest recessed lights were...
- 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...
- The sphenoethmoidal recess is a small triangular space superior to the superior nasal meatus of the nasal cavity into which the sphenoidal sinus opens...
- the United States, a recess appointment is an appointment by the president of a federal official when the U.S. Senate is in recess. Under the U.S. Constitution's...
- Recess is the debut studio album by American record producer Skrillex, released on March 14, 2014, by Owsla, Big Beat Records, and Atlantic Records. It...
- The hepatorenal recess (subhepatic recess, pouch of Morison or Morison's pouch) is the subhepatic space that separates the liver from the right kidney...
- Recess Therapy is a web series produced by Doing Things Media in which host and creator Julian Shapiro-Barnum interviews children between the ages of two...
- The costodiaphragmatic recess, also called the costophrenic recess or phrenicocostal sinus, is the posterolateral fringe of the pleural space, a potential...