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leading edge

[ lee-ding ]

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.



leading edge

/ ˈ±ô¾±Ë»åɪŋ /

noun

  1. the forward edge of a propeller blade, aerofoil, or wing Compare trailing edge
  2. electrical engineering the part of a pulse signal that has an increasing amplitude
    1. the leading position in any field
    2. ( as modifier )

      leading-edge technology

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of leading edge1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Los Angeles Unified, the nation’s second-largest school system, was not the first to take this step, but it was toward the leading edge of what has become a bipartisan and even international avalanche.

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Put simply, people like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are at the leading edge of a wholesale recalibration of the industry.

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Musk and Andreessen are the leading edge of a false populism that hides an agenda that will unfold over the next four years designed to benefit the wealthy at everyone else’s expense.

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Earlier in the same over, Zak Crawley fell to Henry for the fifth time in as many innings this series by offering a leading edge for the bowler to take a fine low catch.

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“He saw an opportunity in soccer and saw the growth of the sport coming, so he was probably on the leading edge of that,†he said.

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