transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkər-t ə n-ˌrā-zər ]
noun
Date: 1886
1. : a short play usually of one scene that is presented before the main full-length drama
2. : a usually short preliminary to a main event
CURTAIN-RAISER
Meaning of CURTAIN-RAISER in English
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003