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Recapitulation Definition & Meaning

recapitulation
noun
  1. emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
  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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What does recapitulation mean?
emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
What part of speech is recapitulation?
Recapitulation is a noun.
How many definitions does recapitulation have?
Recapitulation has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).

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