1. (

• palingenesis ,
• recapitulation

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

2. (

• recapitulation ,

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

3. (

• recapitulation ,
• recap ,
• review

) a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion ;

4. (

• recapitulation

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