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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lead-in
something that leads in or introduces.

2. lead-in
the connection between an antenna and a transmitter or receiving set.

3. lead-in
the portion of a television or radio broadcast that precedes a commercial.

4. (adj.) lead-in
(of a conductor) carrying input to an electric or electronic device or circuit, esp. from an antenna.

Etymology: (1910–15)

Definition of 'lead-in'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) lead, lead-in, lede
the introductory section of a story
"it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter"

2. (noun) lead-in
wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line

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