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recapitulation

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re⋅ca⋅pit⋅u⋅la⋅tion

  [ree-kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
2. a brief review or summary, as of a speech.
3. Biology. the theory that the stages an organism passes through during its embryonic development repeat the evolutionary stages of structural change in its ancestral lineage.
4. Music. the modified restatement of the exposition following the development section in a sonata-form movement.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME recapitulacioun < LL recapitulātiōn- (s. of recapitulātiō), equiv. to recapitulāt(us) (see recapitulate ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
re⋅ca⋅pit⋅u⋅la⋅tive, re⋅ca⋅pit⋅u⋅la⋅to⋅ry  [ree-kuh-pich-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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bi·o·gen·e·sis   (bī'ō-jěn'ĭ-sĭs)   
n.  

  1. The principle that living organisms develop only from other living organisms and not from nonliving matter.

  2. Generation of living organisms from other living organisms.

  3. See biosynthesis.

  4. The supposed recurrence of the evolutionary stages of a species during the embryonic development and differentiation of a member of that species. Also called recapitulation.

bi'o·ge·net'ic (-jə-nět'ĭk), bi'o·ge·net'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., bi'o·ge·net'i·cal·ly adv.
re·ca·pit·u·la·tion   (rē'kə-pĭch'ə-lā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of recapitulating.

  2. A summary or concise review.

  3. See biogenesis.

  4. Music Restatement or reworking of the exposition in the tonic, constituting the third and final section of the typical sonata form.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

recapitulation 
1388, "a summarizing," from O.Fr. recapitulacion (13c.), from L.L. recapitulationem (nom. recapitulatio), from recapitulatus, pp. of recapitulare "go over the main points of a thing again," lit. "restate by heads or chapters," from re- "again" + capitulum "main part" (see chapter).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·ca·pit·u·la·tion
Pronunciation: "rE-k&-"pich-&-'lA-sh&n
Function: noun
: the supposedrepetition in the development of the individual of its phylogenetic history —see RECAPITULATION THEORY
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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