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Definition of Leading edge
1. Noun. Forward edge of an airfoil.
Definition of Leading edge
1. Noun. (context: aeronautics) The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) The foremost part of a trend etc; a vanguard ¹
3. Noun. At the forefront of practice or technology, contrast with bleeding edge ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Leading edge
1. The initial part of a wave form at maximum slope. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leading Edge
Literary usage of Leading edge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Speed and Power of Ships: A Manual of Marine Propulsion by David Watson Taylor (1910)
"It might seem that this could be accomplished without extreme sharpening of the
leading edge by making the leading portion of the face convex, as indicated ..."
2. ABC of Aviation: A Complete, Practical Treatise Outlining Clearly the by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1918)
"... and Drift—Lift-Drift Value for Rectangular Plane—Meaning of Center of
Pressure—Properties of Cambered Aerofoils—leading edge Should be Curved Down—Best ..."
3. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"The planes are parallel; the leading edge of each element is on the normal passing
through the following edge of the preceding element. ..."
4. Aeroplane Structures by Alfred John Sutton Pippard, John Laurence (1919)
"are carried on the leading edge in one case, and on a line '5 of the ... If the
centre of pressure is taken on the leading edge it is clear that this will ..."
5. Aeronautical Engineering and Airplane Design by Alexander Klemin, Thomas Henri Huff (1918)
"... is about 50 per cent greater than that for C. The angle of maximum lift also
appears much earlier when the maximum ordinate is nearer the leading edge. ..."
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