leading edge

lead·ing edge  (ldng)

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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leading-edge (ldng-j) adj.

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leading edge [ˈliːdɪŋ]

n

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

2. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) Electrical engineering the part of a pulse signal that has an increasing amplitude

modifier leading-edge

advanced; foremost leading-edge technology

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"