recapitulation

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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
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(music) 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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a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
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(music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement)

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