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Recapitulation

nounid 118892·updated May 18, 2026
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emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

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synonym
palingenesisreview
plural
Recapitulations
possessive
Recapitulation's
pluralpossessive
Recapitulations'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
(music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
§2
a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
§3
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
§4
emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

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