leading edge

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   forward edge of an airfoil

   Broaderedge

   Part ofairfoil

Questions about leading edge

What does leading edge mean?

leading edge means "forward edge of an airfoil".

Is leading edge a common word?

leading edge is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.