"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 Translations (aeronautics: frontmost edge of an airfoil): caire d'atac [masculine] (Catalan), náběžná hrana [feminine] (Czech), 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)
    Sense id: en-leading_edge-en-noun-TF5x1aOY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 8 36 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'aeronautics: frontmost edge of an airfoil': 78 11 11
  2. (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-gEdSa-PC Disambiguation of 'foremost part of a trend': 9 85 6
  3. At the forefront of practice or technology, contrast with 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-HmZWavqr Disambiguation of 'forefront of practice or technology': 3 4 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: leading-edge Related terms: trailing edge, cutting edge, bleeding edge

Inflected forms

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