 recapitulation |
||
| 1. | [ noun ] (biology,embryology) emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species | |
| Synonyms: | palingenesis | |
| Related terms: | cenogenesis growth recapitulate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (music,fine art,writing) a section of a musical composition or movement in which themes introduced earlier are repeated | |
| Related terms: | section reprise | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (writing) a summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion | |
| Synonyms: | review recap | |
| Related terms: | summary capitulation epanodos review | |
| Similar spelling: |
recapitualtion recapitulate |
|
