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re·ca·pit·u·la·tion 
[ree-kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
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[ree-kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn] Pronunciation Key –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. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME recapitulacioun < LL recapitulātiōn- (s. of recapitulātiō), equiv. to recapitulāt(us) (see recapitulate) + -iōn- -ion]
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re·ca·pit·u·la·tive, re·ca·pit·u·la·to·ry
[ree-kuh-pich-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective
[ree-kuh-pich-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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| bi·o·gen·e·sis
(bī'ō-jěn'ĭ-sĭs) Pronunciation Key
n.
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. |
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| re·ca·pit·u·la·tion
(rē'kə-pĭch'ə-lā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
recapitulation
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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| recapitulation | |
noun | |
| 1. | emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species [syn: palingenesis] [ant: caenogenesis] |
| 2. | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated |
| 3. | a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion |
| 4. | (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement) |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Recapitulation
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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