"leapfrogging" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leapfroggings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} leapfrogging (countable and uncountable, plural leapfroggings)
  1. The act of one who leapfrogs. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-leapfrogging-en-noun-woudiY~T
  2. (economics, business) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Business, Economics
    Sense id: en-leapfrogging-en-noun-cDy8v8oP Topics: business, economics, science, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leap-frogging

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} leapfrogging
  1. present participle and gerund of leapfrog. Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: leapfrog
    Sense id: en-leapfrogging-en-verb-fgzFv9Vj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 23 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leap-frogging

Inflected forms

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