Recapitulation Meaning

There are 4 meaning(s) for word Recapitulation

Meaning 1 : emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

    Synonyms : palingenesis
Meaning 2 : a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

    Synonyms : recap,  review
Meaning 3 : (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)

Meaning 4 : (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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