English dictionary
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English noun: recapitulation | |||
| 1. | recapitulation (process) emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species | ||
| Synonyms | palingenesis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny | ||
| Antonyms | caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis | ||
| 2. | recapitulation (communication) (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | section, subdivision | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
| 3. | recapitulation (communication) a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion | ||
| Synonyms | recap, review | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | capitulation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | epanodos | ||
| 4. | recapitulation (act) (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | composing, composition | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
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