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Leading edge   Listen
noun
Leading edge  n.  
1.
(Aeronautics) The front edge of an airfoil; same as Advancing edge, above.
2.
The front edge of anything that moves; also used metaphorically, as the leading edge in art. See also cutting edge.





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"Leading edge" Quotes from Famous Books



... observation is to be taken, the conversation goes on somewhat as follows: First observer, who takes the lead—"Do you see a patch of cloud away down west?" "Yes." "Can you make out a well-marked point on the leading edge?" "Yes." "Well, then; now." At this signal both observers put down their telephones, which have hitherto engaged both their hands, begin to count fifteen seconds, and adjust their instruments to the point of cloud agreed on. At the fifteenth second they stop, read the ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 • Various


Words linked to "Leading edge" :   aerofoil, edge, surface, control surface, airfoil


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