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leading edge
lead·ing edge L0085000 (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).
lead′ing-edge′ adj.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. 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. 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 flightedge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" |
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leading edge1. adjective Of or being the most advanced position, practice, or technology in a given area, activity, or endeavor. Sometimes hyphenated. Scientists at the local university are pioneering the nation's most leading-edge cancer research. The company has released some of the most leading-edge smartphones in the world.2. noun The most advanced position, practice, or technology in a given area, activity, or endeavor. The work their organization is doing at the moment is the leading edge of public health. Anthony's fascination with gadgetry always has him at the leading edge of the latest technology.See also: edge, leadingcutting edge, at/on theIn the forefront of new developments. The analogy is to the sharp edge of a knife or other tool, which is in front during the act of cutting. The term came into use in the field of scientific and technologic research about 1950 and soon was extended to practically any area of endeavor. For example, in a radio interview on November 14, 1989, Craig Wich, the director of Opera Lab, explained that his organization’s approach to integrating movement, emotion, and singing was at the cutting edge of a new approach to opera (Boston, WCRB). A similar metaphor widely used is the leading edge. Dating from the 1870s and at first describing only the forward edge of a rudder or propeller blade that cuts the water, it was later expanded to mean any device or system that extends an aircraft’s speed, altitude, and range, and eventually transferred to the vanguard of anything—“the leading edge of technology,” for example.See also: cutting, onleading edge
leading edge See preceding.leading edge[′lēd·iŋ ′ej] (aerospace engineering) The front edge of an airfoil or wing. (design engineering) The surfaces or inset cutting points on a bit that face in the same direction as the rotation of the bit. (physics) The major portion of the rise of a pulse. leading edge, lock edge, strike edgeThe vertical edge of a swinging door or window which is opposite the hinge edge.leading edge The foremost edge of an airfoil section. It could be of a wing, a rotor, a tail, or any other airfoil and where air meets it first.leading edge(1) The edge of a document (or of a punch card during many decades of data processing) that enters the read station first.
(2) In digital electronics, a pulse as it changes from a 0 to a 1.
(3) In programming, a loop that tests a condition before the loop is entered.
(4) The latest technology. See bleeding edge.
(5) (Leading Edge Products, Inc., Westborough, MA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980. Its Model M (for Mitsubishi) in 1982 was the first PC from overseas. Korean Daewoo Corporation supplied it with products since 1984 and acquired it in 1989. Leading Edge computers are no longer sold in the U.S.leading edge
lead·ing edgethe initial part of a waveform.FinancialSeeBleeding EdgeSee LE
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Words related to leading edgenoun forward edge of an airfoilRelated Words- aerofoil
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