TRAILING EDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trailing edge mean? 

• TRAILING EDGE (noun)
  The noun TRAILING EDGE has 1 sense:

1. the rear edge of an airfoil

  Familiarity information: TRAILING EDGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAILING EDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rear edge of an airfoil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trailing edge" is a kind of...):

edge (a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object)

Holonyms ("trailing edge" is a part of...):

aerofoil; airfoil; control surface; surface (a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight)

 Context examples 

Calpain2 (M-calpain) is believed to be membrane bound and functions at the trailing edge of the migrating cell to cleave the integrins in response to growth factor receptor signals.

(Calpain-2 Cell Motility Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)