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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rearmost edge of a moving structure, such as an airfoil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Aeronautics) A following edge. See
advancing edge , above.
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- noun aeronautics The
rearmost edge of awing or otherairfoil .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the rear edge of an airfoil
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