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Recapitulation

British pronunciation/ɹɪkɐpˈɪt‍ʃʊlˈe‍ɪʃən/
American pronunciation/ɹɪkɐpˈɪtʃʊlˈeɪʃən/
Recapitulation
[NOUN]
1

(music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)

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2

the act of repeating the key points or parts of something in order to summarize it

synonyms : recap
review
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3

(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated

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4

emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

synonyms : palingenesis
antonyms : cenogenesis
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Examples
1The recapitulation begins at that point.
2Term papers already are Wikipedia recapitulations.
3This is the recapitulation.
4Sonata form is exposition, development, and recapitulation.
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