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leading edge

leading edge noun: the frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats.

Noun

leading edge (plural leading edges)

  1. The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats.
  2. The foremost part of any physical object.
    • the leading edge of a cricket bat
  3. (broadly) The foremost part of a trend etc; a vanguard.
  4. The forefront of practice or technology.
    • DiBattista advocated balanced webmastery: Don't go to the leading edge if it forces users to buy the latest and greatest Web stuff.1996, Computerworld, volume 30, number 21
    Synonyms:
    bleeding edge

leading edge meaning in Tamil

leading edge in Tamil

முந்து நுனி, முன்முனை

Synonyms of leading edge

Forms of leading edge

pluralleading edges

Words formed from leading edge

Questions about leading edge

What does leading edge mean?
Leading edge means the frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats.
What is leading edge in Tamil?
Leading edge in Tamil is முந்து நுனி, முன்முனை. See Leading edge meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is leading edge?
Leading edge is a noun.
What is the plural of leading edge?
The plural of leading edge is leading edges.

Words near leading edge in the dictionary

  1. leading by the nose
  2. leading case
  3. leading cases
  4. leading diagonal
  5. leading diagonals
  6. leading edge
  7. leading edges
  8. leading from the front
  9. leading gentleman
  10. leading gentlemen
  11. leading hand

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leading edge (page history and authors); leading edge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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