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lead·ing edge (l

ng)

1. Nautical The edge of a sail that faces the wind.

2. The front edge of an airplane propeller blade or wing.

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 (l

ng-

) adj.

Translations

leading-edge [ˌliːdɪŋˈedʒ] ADJ leading-edge technology → tecnología f de vanguardia, tecnología f punta

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