Meaning of RECAPITULATION
| Pronunciation: | | `reeku`pichu'leyshun
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- [n] a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
- [n] a section of a musical composition or movement in which themes introduced earlier are repeated
- [n] emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
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| | Synonyms: | | palingenesis, recap, review |
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| | Antonyms: | | caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis | | |
| | See Also: | | capitulation, development, epanodos, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, section, subdivision | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Re`ca*pit`u*la"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.
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