Type and usage of recapitulation from BoostVocab

recapitulation

/,rikə,pɪʧə'leɪʃən/

noun
emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
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palingenesis

type of:
maturation development growing growth ontogenesis ontogeny
noun
a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
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recap review

type of:
capitulation
noun
(music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
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type of:
composition composing
noun
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
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type of:
section subdivision

Definition that contains recapitulation

epanodos recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order)

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