leading edge
- Aeron. the front edge of a propeller blade or airfoil
- ☆ a position of leadership, as in cultural or technological advances
See leading edge in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(lēˈdĭng)
noun- Nautical The edge of a sail that faces the wind.
- 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).
Related Forms:
- leadˈing-edgeˈ (lēˈdĭng-ĕjˈ) adjective
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