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leading edge

  [lee-ding]
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–noun
1. Aeronautics. the edge of an airfoil or propeller blade facing the direction of motion.
2. something that is or represents the most advanced or innovative aspect of a field, activity, profession, etc.; forefront; vanguard: the leading edge of technology.
Origin:
1875–80

Related forms:
leading-edge, adjective
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Consulting Engineers
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The 411 on Raiser's Edge
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lead·ing edge   (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.

    1. The foremost position in a trend or movement; the vanguard: "a company on the leading edge of machine-tool technology" (Christian Science Monitor).

    2. 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' (lē'dĭng-ěj') adj.
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