introduction

The word introduction denotes:

• an introductory chapter of a text , for fictional texts see prologue (literature)
• the first paragraphs of a shorter text, for example an article
• the beginning of a speech, see Exordium (rhetoric)
• the introduction of liquid or solid substances into a body of water
• the first stage of anesthesia
• Induction of labor , the artificial induction of childbirth
• the optional beginning of a sonata main movement form

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Wiktionary: Introduction  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.