recapitulation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: recapitulation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recapitulation n emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species Synonym(s): palingenesis, recapitulation Antonym(s): caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion Synonym(s): recapitulation, recap, review (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recapitulation \Re`capit`ula"tion\, n. [LL. recapitulatio: cf. F. recapitulation.] The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.