Associations to the word «Recapitulation»

Wiktionary

RECAPITULATION, noun. A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
RECAPITULATION, noun. (music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
RECAPITULATION, noun. (biology) The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
RECAPITULATION, noun. (theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King