lead-in

n.

1. Opening or introductory matter: The joke served as a lead-in to a discussion of more serious matters.
2. A program, as on television, scheduled to precede another.
3. The wire that connects an outdoor antenna to an electronic transmitter or receiver.

1. In broadcast, program directly preceding another program on the same station. The lead-in program is said to lead the audience to an advertiser's program on the same station. See also audience flow ; lead-out.

2. Opening words in the copy text of an advertisement; said to lead the reader to the text.

3. In a dramatic presentation, opening monologue.

noun

A short section of preliminary remarks: foreword, induction, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, prolegomenon, prologue. See start/end, words.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indføring, begyndelsessats, indledning, oplæg

Nederlands (Dutch)
invoerdraad, inleiding, inleidend woord, inleidend

Français (French)
n. - préambule
adj. - en préambule

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einleitung, Zuleitung
adj. - anfangs, Zuleitungs-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προεισαγωγή, (τεχνολ.) αγωγός κεραίας
adj. - προεισαγωγικός

Italiano (Italian)
introduzione, introduttivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fio (m) da antena (Rádio)

Русский (Russian)
введение, провод, соединяющий приемник и передатчик, объявление телевизионной передачи

Español (Spanish)
n. - introducción, entrada, bajada de antena
adj. - de entrada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (radio, TV) nedledning, antennledning, inledning, introduktion
adj. - inledande, introducerande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
天线引入线, 与广告播放有关的节目

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 天線引入線, 與廣告播放有關的節目

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 인입 케이블, 방송 광고 도입 부분

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 引込線, 導入部分, 前置き

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) السلك الواصل, ذلك الجزء من الهوائي الذي يتصل بجهاز الراديو المستقبل, القدوة, الأول (صفه) يأتي في الطليعه من, يحتل المقام الأول في فكر أو عمل أو فن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הקדמה, חוט אנטנה‬

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pencil lead	1.3 Mm Lead
take the lead	Sealed Lead Acid Battery