Recapitulation

Noun

 * 1) A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
 * 2)  The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
 * 3)  The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.

Synonyms

 * summary

Related terms

 * recapitulate

Thesaurus
abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, account, accounts, apocope, body count, capitulation, census, compression, condensation, conspectus, copy, core, count, critique, curtailment, dwelling upon, elaboration, elision, ellipsis, epitome, essence, foreshortening, gist, going over, head count, inventory, iteration, main point, meat, nose count, pith, practicing, precis, reaffirmation, recap, recital, reckoning, recount, recountal, recounting, reduction, rehash, rehearsal, reissue, reiteration, repertory, reprint, restatement, resume, retelling, retrenchment, review, run-through, rundown, shortening, statement, substance, sum, sum and substance, summary, summation, summing, summing up, syncope, synopsis, telescoping, truncation

Etymology
From recapitulacion (modern: récapitulation), from  recapitulationem, from  recapitulatio, -onis, from recapitulare (with English -ate), from re- "again, back" + capitulum "chapter, section", diminutive of caput, capitis "head"

Translations

 * Catalan: recapitulació
 * Chinese:
 * Simplified: 概括
 * Traditional: 概括
 * Pinyin: gaikuo
 * Dutch: recapitulatie
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Rekapitulation
 * Greek: ανακεφαλαίωση (anakephalaíōsē)
 * Italian: ricapitolazione, ricapitolazioni


 * Japanese: 要約
 * Korean:
 * Hangul:개요
 * Romaja: gaeyo
 * Latin: recapitulatio nom. sg., recapitulationis gen. sg., recapitulationes nom. pl, recapitulationum gen. pl.
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: recapitulação
 * Russian: суммирование
 * Scottish Gaelic: ath-innse
 * Spanish: recapitulación, recapitulaciones


 * Mandarin: 再现部

Anagrams

 * capitulationer