What is "recapitulation" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does recapitulation mean in English? Meaning of recapitulation definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "recapitulation" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "recapitulation": emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

Noun

  • Meaning: emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
  • Synonyms: palingenesis recapitulation
  • Hypernyms: development growing growth maturation ontogenesis ontogeny
  • Antonyms: caenogenesis cainogenesis cenogenesis kainogenesis kenogenesis
  • Pronunciation in US: re·kə·pĭ·chə·lāʹshən, IPA(key)

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌɹiːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

    Meaning of "recapitulation": (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated

    Noun

  • Meaning: (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
  • Synonyms: recapitulation
  • Hypernyms: section subdivision
  • Pronunciation in US: re·kə·pĭ·chə·lāʹshən, IPA(key)

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌɹiːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

    Meaning of "recapitulation": a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

    Noun

  • Meaning: a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
  • Synonyms: recap recapitulation review
  • Hyponyms: epanodos
  • Hypernyms: capitulation
  • Pronunciation in US: re·kə·pĭ·chə·lāʹshən, IPA(key)

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌɹiːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

    Meaning of "recapitulation": (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)

    Noun

  • Meaning: (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
  • Synonyms: recapitulation
  • Hypernyms: composing composition
  • Pronunciation in US: re·kə·pĭ·chə·lāʹshən, IPA(key)

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌɹiːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

    Synonyms:

    summary, peroration, reprise,

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    recapitulation in English: recapitulation
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