Lead-in

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lead-in \lead-in\ n.
     1. (Elec.) a wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a
        transmitter to a transmission line.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (Radio and Television Broadcasting) The short segment of a


        program or program script introducing and immediately
        preceding another part of the program or a commercial.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lead-in
       n 1: the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing
            lead-in to a very serious matter" [syn: {lead}]
       2: wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to
          a transmission line