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leading-edge

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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).
leading-edge (ldng-j) adj.
Translations
leading-edge [ˌliːdɪŋˈedʒ] ADJ leading-edge technology → tecnología f de vanguardia, tecnología f punta


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