About The Word Recapitulation
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Recapitulation
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What's The Definition Of Recapitulation?
[n] a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
[n] a section of a musical composition or movement in which themes introduced earlier are repeated [n] emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species Synonyms | Synonyms for Recapitulation: palingenesis | recap | review Related Terms | Find terms related to Recapitulation: See Also | capitulation | development | epanodos | growing | growth | maturation | ontogenesis | ontogeny | section | subdivision Recapitulation In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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