Usually means: Forefront of innovation, technology, development.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word leading-edge:

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  1. leading-edge: Merriam-Webster
  2. leading-edge, leading-edge: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Leading-Edge, Leading-edge, leading-edge: Wordnik
  4. leading-edge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. leading-edge: Wiktionary
  6. leading-edge: Dictionary.com
  7. Leading-edge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. leading-edge: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. leading-edge: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (leading-edge)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to the leading edge of an airfoil
▸ adjective:  (by extension) leading, latest or most up-to-date

Similar:
apical, aerodynamic, bleeding-edge, frontal, superaerodynamic, endlike, incisal, electroaerodynamic, aeroelastic, aviatory, more...

Opposite:
trailing-edge, outdated, old-fashioned, obsolete

Types:
cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, avant-garde, pioneering, innovative, forward-thinking, more...

Phrases:
Leading-edge slat, Leading-edge extension, Leading-edge slot, Leading-edge droop flap, more...

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Similar:
apical, aerodynamic, bleeding-edge, frontal, superaerodynamic, endlike, incisal, electroaerodynamic, aeroelastic, aviatory, more...

Opposite:
trailing-edge, outdated, old-fashioned, obsolete

Types:
cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, avant-garde, pioneering, innovative, forward-thinking, more...

Phrases:
Leading-edge slat, Leading-edge extension, Leading-edge slot, Leading-edge droop flap, more...



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