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trailing edge
noun
- the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
trailing edge
noun
- See leading edgethe rear edge of a propeller blade or aerofoil Compare leading edge
- physics the edge of a pulse signal as its amplitude falls
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trailing edge1
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Example Sentences
Halfway back, one of them stumbled forward and caught at the trailing edge of his robe.
Now stand in front of it and line up the leading edge with the main spar, rear spar, and trailing edge.
The flippers and the trailing edge of the flukes are darker than the rest of the body.
Back toward the trailing edge then, to a small escape-hatch beside which was fastened a dull black ball.
If the thickness be varied from the entering to the trailing edge the greatest thickness should be towards the former.
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