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