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recapitulation

noun

(music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)

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Word length
14
Starts with
R
Ends with
N
Contains
EC
Scrabble score
18

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ˌɹiːkəˌpɪtjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n

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noun

  1. (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)

noun

  1. A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

noun

  1. (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated

noun

  1. Emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

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