introductory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: introductory	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for introductory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
introductory adj serving to open or begin; "began the slide show with some introductory remarks" 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" Synonym(s): basic, introductory serving as an introduction or preface Synonym(s): introductory, prefatorial, prefatory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Introductory \In`troduc"tory\, 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.