recapitulations

Meanings

Noun

• emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated
• a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
• (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)
• plural of recapitulation

Synonyms

palingenesis, recap, recapitulation, review

Antonyms

cenogenesis