recapitulation

noun

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

Similar word(s): palingenesis

Definition categories: process, development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

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

Definition categories: communication, section, subdivision

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

Similar word(s): recap, review

Definition categories: communication, capitulation

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

Definition categories: act, composing, composition