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