leading edge

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1. leading edge - Noun

2. leading edge - Adjective

Meaning

forward edge of an airfoil

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The technology at the leading edge changes so rapidly that you have to keep current after you get out of school. I think probably the most important thing is having good fundamentals. Gordon Moore

Washington was the right man at the right time – sometimes he was the first man, but sometimes he simply knew when to ride the crest of a wave or the leading edge of a trend. Alan Axelrod

We're doing a lot of inspection on the leading edge of our wing on 114 and 121, the first two flights. Mark Kelly

Socrates told us, "the unexamined life is not worth living." I think he's calling for curiosity, more than knowledge. In every human society at all times and at all levels, the curious are at the leading edge. Roger Ebert

The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art. Edward R. Tufte

The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally. William Hague

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