Recapitulation - Definition

n 1: emergence during embryonic development of various
characters or structures that appeared during the
evolutionary history of the strain or species [syn:
palingenesis, recapitulation] [ant: caenogenesis,
cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis,
kenogenesis]
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 [syn: recapitulation, recap, review]
4: (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier
(especially when one is composing the final part of a
movement)