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recapitulation

noun 14 letters Scrabble 18 WWF 23
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noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

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

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