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leapfrogging

leapfrogging noun: the act of one who leapfrogs. Also the present participle and gerund of leapfrog.

Noun

leapfrogging (countable and uncountable, plural leapfroggings)

  1. The act of one who leapfrogs.
  2. The idea that small and incremental innovations lead the dominant firm to stay ahead, whereas radical innovations will permit new firms to "leapfrog" the dominant one.
    • The final stage the is leapfrogging, in which latecomers do not aim to imitate the existing products or plants, but explore ways to develop emerging products in short cycle technologies. A Korean example is digital TV development, which can be regarded as the decisive and final watershed that...2013, Joseph E. Stiglitz, edited by Justin Yifu Lin, The Industrial Policy Revolution, Springer, →ISBN
    • Part of the allure of leapfrogging was the difficulty of simply catching up. The complexity of today's auto industry should not be underestimated.2015, Levi Tillemann, The Great Race, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 18

Also used as

leapfrogging is also the present participle and gerund of leapfrog.

Forms of leapfrogging

pluralleapfroggings
alternative formleap-frogging

Questions about leapfrogging

What does leapfrogging mean?
Leapfrogging means the act of one who leapfrogs.
What part of speech is leapfrogging?
Leapfrogging is a noun.
What is the plural of leapfrogging?
The plural of leapfrogging is leapfroggings.

Words near leapfrogging in the dictionary

  1. leapeth
  2. leapfrog
  3. leapfrogged
  4. leapfrogger
  5. leapfroggers
  6. leapfrogging
  7. leapfroggings
  8. leapfrogs
  9. leapful
  10. leapfuls
  11. Leaphart

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