D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Introductory

/ĭnˌ-trəd-ŭk'-tẽr-ē/ · In·tro·duc·to·ry · IPA /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌktɚi/
01 a. Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an intr…
  1. 1.
    Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.