How to Use trailing edge in a Sentence

trailing edge

noun

• Their tests showed that a smooth trailing edge creates the most noise.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2022
• The leading edge shape of the B-21 is simpler than the B-2A’s sawtooth trailing edge.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2021
• The pilot righted the plane just as the string flew past, one foot behind the trailing edge of the port wing and about two feet from the fuselage.
  — WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021
• One way to reduce this noise would be to make the trailing edge of the wing less hard, more porous and more flexible.
  — Dana MacKenzie, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2020
• Having a pointy, sawtooth shape at the trailing edge somewhat reduces the noise.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2022
• The opposite side away from which all that momentum goes is called the trailing edge.
  — Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2018
• Yet, most modern digital devices run at least a handful of chips built on the trailing edge.
  — Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• Fully extended, the wing locks in place and pulls taut the cable for the trailing edge, the cloth and two ribs that provide additional strength.
  — Kevin V. Brown, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2021
• This is possible because the wing itself is so deep, from leading edge to trailing edge.
  — Thomas E. Stimson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2021
• When the leading edge of a light wave hits the cloak, the material is manipulated to speed up the light, but when the trailing edge hits, the light is slowed down and delayed.
  — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2010
• The Ridgeline continues to include a clever trunk hidden beneath the trailing edge of the tough composite bed.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2021
• In Florida, the trailing edge of that cold front is lingering and will support showers and storms into the weekend.
  — Adam Klotz, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2022
• There will be no sunroof option, and the roof can either be in high-gloss black or in the optional body colour, though there is an extra small lip spoiler on the trailing edge of the roof.
  — Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• Swiveling nozzles direct exhaust back beneath the wings, where it is trapped by trailing edge flaps and wingtip endplates.
  — Abe Dane, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2020
• As a result, sections of the wings are much thicker than on a normal passenger jet, with a pair of engine nacelles mounted above the rear trailing edges.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 4 June 2019
• Generally, these chips are a commodity, which is why most big fabs do not invest much in the trailing edge.
  — Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• Tall drivers complain that its trailing edge leaves a lasting (and numbing) impression on their legs.
  — Steve Smith, Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2020
• Flow over the morphing body separates behind the trailing edge of the inflated shape, so whether the protrusion is at the front, center, or back of the robot influences the amount of drag and lift.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2019
• In addition to the trailing edge, this image confirms the Raider incorporates two new features.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2021
• Closer inspection brings hints at aggression with bars of vertical chrome instead of the starry-sky grille up front and a flick of ducktail spoiler at the trailing edge of the sloped rear deck.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 14 July 2022
• The class takes walks around the trails edging the education center and nearby visitor center, where moose and bears frequent the same pathways and chattering squirrels are easy to spot.
  — Erin Kirkland, Alaska Dispatch News, 10 Oct. 2017
• The cleaner, simpler trailing edge is probably how the original stealth bomber was supposed to look, but in the 1980s, a last-minute demand by the Air Force that the Spirit be capable of low-altitude flight necessitated an expensive design change.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024