Dictionary Definition
recapitulation
Noun
1 emergence during embryonic development of
various characters or structures that appeared during the
evolutionary history of the strain or species [syn: palingenesis] [ant:
cenogenesis]
2 a section of a musical composition or movement
in which themes introduced earlier are repeated
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From recapitulacion (modern: récapitulation), from recapitulationem, from recapitulatio, -onis, from recapitulare (with English -ate), from re- "again, back" + capitulum "chapter, section", diminutive of caput, capitis "head"Noun
recapitulation- The brief recitement of the major points in a narrative, article, or book. Summary.
- The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
- The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
Related terms
Translations
the brief recitement of the major points
- Chinese:
- Simplified: 概括
- Traditional: 概括
- Pinyin: gaikuo
- Traditional: 概括
- Simplified: 概括
- Dutch: recapitulatie
- French: récapitulation
- German: Rekapitulation
- Greek: ανακεφαλαίωση (anakephalaíōsē)
- Italian: ricapitolazione s, ricapitolazioni p
- Japanese: 要約
- Korean:
- Hangul:개요
- Romaja: gaeyo
- Hangul:개요
- Latin: recapitulatio nom. sg., recapitulationis gen. sg., recapitulationes nom. pl, recapitulationum gen. pl.
- Portuguese: recapitulação
- Russian:
- Cyrillic:
суммирование
- Roman: summirovaniye
- Cyrillic:
суммирование
- Spanish: recapitulación s, recapitulaciones p
music: the third major section of a musical
movement
biology: the reenactment of the embryonic
development
Extensive Definition
The word recapitulation can mean:
- A summary
- Recapitulation (music), a section of musical sonata form where the exposition is repeated in an altered form and the development is concluded
- Recapitulation theory, a scientific theory no longer accepted
- Recapitulation (Irenaeus), a religious theory
- Recapitulation (Castaneda), a spiritual practice appearing first in the writings Carlos Castaneda and later in those of Miguel Ángel Ruiz, Victor Sanchez and others
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, account, accounts, apocope, body count, capitulation, census, compression, condensation, conspectus, copy, core, count, critique, curtailment, dwelling upon,
elaboration,
elision, ellipsis, epitome, essence, foreshortening, gist, going over, head count,
inventory, iteration, main point,
meat, nose count, pith, practicing, precis, reaffirmation, recap, recital, reckoning, recount, recountal, recounting, reduction, rehash, rehearsal, reissue, reiteration, repertory, reprint, restatement, resume, retelling, retrenchment, review, run-through, rundown, shortening, statement, substance, sum, sum and substance, summary, summation, summing, summing up, syncope, synopsis, telescoping, truncation