1. The procedure or action that obtains when the whole of a satellite, or a section, instrumentation package, or other part of a rocket vehicle, is retrieved after a launch.

2. The conversion of kinetic energy to potential energy, such as in the deceleration of air in the duct of a ramjet engine. Also known as ram recovery.

3. In flying, the action of a lifting vehicle returning to an equilibrium attitude after a nonequilibrium maneuver.

The rise in static water level in a well, occurring upon the cessation of discharge from that well or a nearby well.

The return of a body to its original dimensions after it has been stressed, possibly over a considerable period of time.

1. The percentage of valuable material obtained from a processed ore.

2. Reduction or elimination of work-hardening effects, usually by heat treatment.

The proportion or percentage of coal or ore mined from the original seam or deposit.

The removal (recovery) of oil or gas from reservoir formations.