Search Result:recapitulation
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˏrikәˏpItʃәˋleʃәn 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊriːkәˏpitjuˊleiʃәn 〕
Overview of noun recapitulation
The noun recapitulation has 4 senses
- palingenesis, recapitulation -- (emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species)
- recapitulation -- ((music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated)
- recapitulation, recap, review -- (a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion)
- recapitulation -- ((music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement))