Usually means: Forefront of innovation or technology.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word leading edge:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. leading edge: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. leading-edge, leading edge: Merriam-Webster
  3. leading edge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. leading edge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. leading-edge, leading-edge, leading edge: Collins English Dictionary
  6. leading edge: Vocabulary.com
  7. Leading-Edge, Leading-edge, leading-edge, leading edge: Wordnik
  8. leading-edge, leading edge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. leading-edge, leading edge: Wiktionary
  10. leading edge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. leading edge: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Leading edge, leading-edge, leading edge: Dictionary.com
  13. Leading Edge (fiction magazine), Leading Edge (magazine), Leading-edge, Leading edge (disambiguation), Leading edge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. leading edge: Rhymezone
  15. leading edge: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. leading edge: FreeDictionary.org
  17. leading edge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. leading-edge, leading edge: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Leading edge: Energy Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Leading Edge, leading-edge, leading edge: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Leading edge: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  3. LEADING EDGE: Power Engineering

(Note: See leading_edges as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (leading edge)

noun:  (aeronautics) The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats.
noun:  The foremost part of any physical object.
noun:  (by extension) The foremost part of a trend etc; a vanguard.
noun:  The forefront of practice or technology.

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