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in•tro•duc•to•ry
Pronunciation: (in"tru-duk'tu-rē), [key]—
adj.
serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning:
an introductory course; an introductory paragraph. Also,in"tro•duc'tive.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.