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

adj advanced; foremost
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