introduction

3 definitions found

introduction - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Introduction \In`tro*duc"tion\, n. [L. introductio: cf. F.
     introduction. See Introduce.]
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     1. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.
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     2. The act of formally making persons known to each other; a
        presentation or making known of one person to another by
        name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.
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     3. That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads
        the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter;
        preface; proem; exordium.
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     4. A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically,
        a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course
        of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English
        literature.
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introduction - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  introduction
      n 1: the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to
           the debut of their new product line" [syn: introduction,
           debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling,
           entry]
      2: the first section of a communication
      3: formally making a person known to another or to the public
         [syn: presentation, introduction, intro]
      4: a basic or elementary instructional text
      5: a new proposal; "they resisted the introduction of
         impractical alternatives"
      6: the act of putting one thing into another [syn: insertion,
         introduction, intromission]
      7: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing
         something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an
         adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn:
         initiation, founding, foundation, institution,
         origination, creation, innovation, introduction,
         instauration]

introduction - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  211 Moby Thesaurus words for "introduction":
     Vorspiel, abecedarium, abecedary, access, acknowledgments,
     acquaintance, acquaintedness, act, admission, afterpiece,
     and arithmetic, aside, avant-propos, back, back matter,
     bastard title, bibliography, bit, breakthrough, catch line,
     catchword, chaser, close acquaintance, cloture, coinage, colophon,
     coming out, committee consideration, concert overture, contents,
     contents page, copyright page, curtain, curtain call,
     curtain raiser, debate, debut, dedication, deliberation, descant,
     discovery, divertimento, divertissement, division,
     dramatic overture, elementary education, elements, embarkation,
     embarkment, embedment, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, entrance,
     entree, entry, epilogue, episode, errata, exode, exodus, exordium,
     expository scene, filibuster, filibustering, filing, finale,
     first appearance, first reading, first steps, floating, flotation,
     flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, frontispiece,
     graft, grafting, half-title page, head, hoke act, hornbook,
     impaction, impactment, implantation, import, importation,
     importing, imprint, inaugural address, inauguration, income,
     incoming, index, induction, infiltration, infix, infixion,
     infusion, ingoing, ingress, ingression, initiation, injection,
     innovation, inoculation, input, inscription, insert, insertion,
     insinuation, installation, installment, intake, intercalation,
     interjection, interlineation, interlocution, interlude, intermezzo,
     intermission, interpenetration, interpolation, introgression,
     intromission, intrusion, invention, knockdown, launching, leaf,
     leakage, leap, logrolling, maiden speech, makeup, neologism,
     new phase, novelty, number, obiter dictum, opener,
     operatic overture, overture, page, parenthesis, penetration,
     percolation, perfusion, postulate, preamble, preface, prefix,
     prefixture, preliminaries, preliminary, prelude, premise,
     presentation, presupposition, primer, proem, prolegomena,
     prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologue, propaedeutic, protasis, reading,
     reception, recto, remark, reverso, roll call, routine, rudiments,
     running title, scene, second reading, seepage, shtick, side remark,
     signature, sketch, skit, song and dance, stand-up comedy act,
     steamroller methods, striptease, subtitle, table of contents,
     tabling, tail, talkathon, tessellation, text, third reading, title,
     title page, tossing-in, trim size, turn, type page, unveiling,
     vamp, verse, verso, voluntary, vote, writing