"trailing edge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trailing edges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} trailing edge (plural trailing edges)
  1. (aeronautics) The rearmost edge of a wing or other airfoil. Wikipedia link: trailing edge Categories (topical): Aeronautics Related terms: control surface Translations (rearmost edge of a wing): odtoková hrana [feminine] (Czech), jättöreuna (Finnish), 後縁 (kōen) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-trailing_edge-en-noun-IxCNcrfd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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