trailing edge
noun Aeronautics.
the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
Nearby words
trailer trash, trailer truck, trailhead, trailing, trailing arbutus, trailing edge, trailing fuchsia, trailing phlox, trailing vortex drag, trailman, trailside
Origin of trailing edge
First recorded in 1905–10
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British Dictionary definitions for trailing edge
trailing edge
noun
the rear edge of a propeller blade or aerofoilCompare leading edge
physics the edge of a pulse signal as its amplitude falls
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