recapitulation

See also: récapitulation

English

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman recapitulaciun et al., (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French recapitulacion et al., or their source, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin recapitulatio (“summing up, summary”), from the participle stem of recapitulare (“recapitulate”), from re- + capitulum (“chapter, section”), diminutive of caput (“head”).

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recapitulation (countable and uncountable, plural recapitulations)

A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
(music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
(biology) The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 144:
  one would expect God's final purpose to be expressed in his created world, since the doctrine of recapitulation showed that this is where his plans had worked out before.

subsequent enumeration of the major points

Catalan: recapitulació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 概括 (zh) (gàikuò)
Czech: rekapitulace f
Dutch: recapitulatie (nl)
Finnish: yhteenveto (fi)
French: récapitulation (fr) f
German: Rekapitulation
Greek: ανακεφαλαίωση (el) (anakefalaíosi)
Irish: achoimriú m
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Italian: ricapitolazione sg, ricapitolazioni pl
Japanese: 要約 (ja) (yōyaku)
Korean: 개요 (gaeyo)
Latin: recapitulatio nom. sg., recapitulationis gen. sg., recapitulationes nom. pl, recapitulationum gen. pl.
Polish: streszczenie (pl) n
Portuguese: recapitulação
Russian: суммирование (ru) (summirovanije)
Scottish Gaelic: ath-innse m
Spanish: recapitulación sg, recapitulaciones pl
Swedish: rekapitulering c, sammanfattning (sv) c, rekapitulation (sv) c

music: third major part of a movement in sonata form

biology: the reenactment of the embryonic development