Hypertext Webster Gateway: "introductory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Introductory \In`tro*duc"to*ry\, a. [L. itroductorius: cf. F.
introductoire.]
Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main
subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory
proceedings; an introductory discourse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
introductory
adj 1: serving to open or begin; "began the slide show with some
introductory remarks"
2: serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in
Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of
basic tools"; "an introductory art course" [syn: {basic}]
3: serving as an introduction or preface [syn: {prefatorial}, {prefatory}]
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