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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.
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recapitulation
(ˌriːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃən)n
1. the act of recapitulating, esp summing up, as at the end of a speech
2. (Biology) biology Also called: palingenesis the apparent repetition in the embryonic development of an animal of the changes that occurred during its evolutionary history. Compare caenogenesis
3. (Classical Music) music the repeating of earlier themes, esp when forming the final section of a movement in sonata form
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re•ca•pit•u•la•tion
(ˌri kəˌpɪtʃ əˈleɪ ʃən)n.
1. the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
2. a brief review or summary, as of a speech.
3. the theory that the evolutionary history of a species is made evident in the developmental stages of each of its representative organisms.
4. the last section of a musical sonata form, restating the exposition.
[1350–1400; < Late Latin]
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Noun | 1. | recapitulation - emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" |
2. | recapitulation - (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner | |
3. | recapitulation - a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion capitulation - a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic epanodos - recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order) | |
4. | recapitulation - (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement) composing, composition - musical creation music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
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recapitulation
nounA condensation of the essential or main points of something:
Informal: recap.
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rekapitulering
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samantekt
要約
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recapitulate
(riːkəˈpitjuleit) verb (abbreviation recap (ˈriːkӕp) – past tense, past particple ˈrecapped) to go over again (the chief points of a statement, argument etc).
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