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Leading Edge

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Noun

1. leading edge

forward edge of an airfoil

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Leading Edge

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noun
1. 
the forward edge of a propeller blade, aerofoil, or wing
Compare trailing edge
2. electrical engineering
the part of a pulse signal that has an increasing amplitude
3. 
a. 
the leading position in any field
b. 
(as modifier)
leading-edge technology
adjective
advanced; foremost
leading-edge technology

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Leading Edge

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1.  Aeronautics
the front edge of a propeller blade or airfoil
2.  US
a position of leadership, as in cultural or technological advances

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Leading Edge

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n.
1. Nautical The edge of a sail that faces the wind.
2. The front edge of an airplane propeller blade or wing.
3.
a. The foremost position in a trend or movement; the vanguard: "a company on the leading edge of machine-tool technology" (Christian Science Monitor).
b. Someone or something occupying such a position: "Together they are the leading edge of a new wing of historians known as cliometricians" (Timothy Foote).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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