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recapitulation
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Definition of recapitulation:
emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
(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 (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement) |