"leading edge" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: leading edges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} leading edge (plural leading edges)
  1. (aeronautics) The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats. Categories (topical): Aeronautics Derived forms: leading-edge Related terms: trailing edge, cutting edge, bleeding edge Translations (aeronautics: frontmost edge of an airfoil): caire d'atac [masculine] (Catalan), náběžná hrana [feminine] (Czech), johtoreuna (Finnish), etureuna (Finnish), bord d’attaque [masculine] (French), Anströmkante [feminine] (German), Profilnase [feminine] (German), bordo di attacco [masculine] (Italian), 前縁 (zen'en) (Japanese), bòrd d'atac [masculine] (Occitan), krawędź natarcia (Polish), bordo de ataque [masculine] (Portuguese), borde de ataque [masculine] (Spanish), borde delantero [masculine] (Spanish), borde anterior [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-leading_edge-en-noun-Fyc2l3zA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 25 6 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 19 10 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 16 10 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 32 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 47 22 11 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 49 20 11 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 21 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 19 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 23 11 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 21 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 54 21 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 47 22 11 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 21 12 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 19 9 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 57 16 7 20 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'aeronautics: frontmost edge of an airfoil': 72 13 10 5
  2. The foremost part of any physical object.
    Sense id: en-leading_edge-en-noun-1TUkgwCi
  3. (by extension) The foremost part of a trend etc; a vanguard. Tags: broadly Translations (foremost part of a trend): kärki (Finnish), kärkipää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-leading_edge-en-noun-RBw5Z6hg Disambiguation of 'foremost part of a trend': 6 34 57 3
  4. The forefront of practice or technology. Synonyms: bleeding edge Translations (forefront of practice or technology): kärki (Finnish), kärkipää (Finnish), 最先端 (saisentan) (Japanese), ponta de linha [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-leading_edge-en-noun-8YtprzSM Disambiguation of 'forefront of practice or technology': 1 1 1 97

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