0 the most modern stage of development in a particular type of work or activity:
a company at the cutting edge of mobile communications technology
1 very modern and with all the newest features:
cutting-edge design/technology
2 the most recent stage in the development of something:
3 something that gives someone or something an advantage over others:
4 the most recent and advanced stage of development in a particular type of work or activity, with the newest systems, equipment, etc.:
This is an ambitious book, which aims to pull together cutting-edge research in formal semantics, lexical aspect, and event structure.
These women sought cutting-edge information based on ' scientific' evidence, and also consulted specialists such as aestheticians, medical doctors and personal trainers.
This important and highly impressive volume is intended as an overview of cutting-edge developments in microeconomics for graduate students.
Spectacle, by contrast, relies on novelty; when it ceases to be cutting-edge, its effects quickly begin to appear faded and tawdry.
The remaining two chapters of the book deal with cutting-edge research.
Today transport phenomena in plasma physics cover s a wide range of topics that are at the cutting-edge of current research.
It contributes, as the notes on the back cover claim, to a cutting-edge research topic.
Sophisticated, cutting-edge laboratory experiments are crucial to providing these data - now and in the future.