leading edge

lead·ing edge

 (lē′dĭng)

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).

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lead′ing-edge′ adj.

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leading edge

n

1. (Aeronautics) the forward edge of a propeller blade, aerofoil, or wing. Compare trailing edge

2. (Electrical Engineering) 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.

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lead′ing edge′

(ˈli dɪŋ)
n.

1. the edge of an airfoil or propeller blade facing the direction of motion.

2. the forward edge of an air mass.

3. forefront; vanguard.

[1875–80]

lead′ing-edge′, adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

leading edge - forward edge of an airfoil     aerofoil, airfoil, control surface, surface - a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"

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Translations

élenjáró technológia