Break

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Break may refer to:

Recess (break), a general term for a period of time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties
Break (work), time off during a shift
- Coffee break, a daily social gathering for a snack and short downtime practiced by employees in business and industry
Annual leave (holiday/vacation), paid time off work granted by employers to employees to be used for whatever the employee wishes
Holiday break, a U.S. term for various school holidays
Spring break, a recess in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere
Section break, in type setting
Commercial break, in television and radio

Sports

Break (snooker), the first shot meant to break the balls in snooker and billiards
Breaking ball, a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter
Surf break, place where a wave collapses into surf
Horse breaking, the process of training a horse to be ridden
Break, to win a tennis game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve; see Glossary of tennis terms

Brake (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the 19th and early 20th centuries
Break (locksmithing), a separation between pins of a lock
Break condition, in asynchronous serial communication
Break key, a special key on computer keyboards
break statement, a keyword in computer programming for flow control
Line break (computing), a special character signifying the end of a line of text
To break an encyption cipher is to successfully perform cryptanalysis

Break (music), a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music
Break (Enchant album), 1998
Break (Mamoru Miyano album), 2009
Break (One-Eyed Doll album), 2010
Break (EP), an EP by The Cinematics
"Break" (song), a 2009 song by Three Days Grace from the album Life Starts Now
"Break", a song by Alanis Morissette on the album Flavors of Entanglement
"Break", a song by Staind from Tormented
"Break" (Hostyle Gospel song), a 2013 song from the Hostyle Gospel album Desperation

Bone fracture, a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone
Prison escape
Break, a basic air combat maneuver; see Basic fighter maneuvers