Edge vs Frontiers - What's the difference?
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The boundary line of a surface.
(label) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
An advantage.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=December, author=Paul Voss
, magazine=(IEEE Spectrum), title= The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
* (William Shakespeare), (Cymbeline)'', Act 3, Scene 4, 1818, ''The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare , Volume 6, C. Whittingham, London,
* 1833 , Adam Clarke (editor), (w)'', II, 12, ''The New Testament ,
A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
* 1598 , (William Shakespeare), (w, Love's Labour's Lost)'', Act 4, Scene 1, 1830, (George Steevens) (editor), ''The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare , Volume 1,
* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost)'', 1824, Edwartd Hawkins (editor), ''The Poetical Works of John Milton , Volume 1,
* 1820 , , (Ivanhoe)'', 1833, ''The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott , Volume 3,
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
* , (Jeremy Taylor), Sermon X: The Faith and Patience of the Saints, Part 2'', ''The Whole Sermons of Jeremy Taylor , 1841,
* 1820 , , (Ivanhoe) , 1827,
The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
* 1853 (1670), (John Milton), Charles R. Sumner (translator), (The History of Britain)'', ''The Prose Works of John Milton , Volume V,
(label) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
* 2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet
(label) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging .
To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
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(usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
(cricket) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
* 2005 , Paige Gilchrist, The Big Book of Backyard Projects: Walls, Fences, Paths, Patios, Benches, Chairs & More , Section 2: Paths and Walkways,
To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
* Dryden
(figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
* Hayward
To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
* 2011 , Nicholson Baker, House of Holes ,
* 2012 , Ryan Field, Lasting Lust: An Anthology of Kinky Couples in Love ,
* 2012 , Ryan Field, Field of Dreams: The Very Best Stories of Ryan Field,
As nouns the difference between edge and frontiers
is that edge is the boundary line of a surface while frontiers is .As a verb edge
is to move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.edge
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)Small Drones Deserve Sensible Regulation, passage=It’s no secret that the United States may be losing its edge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more.}}
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- No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword;
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- And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges :
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- Here by, upon the edge of yonder coppice; / A stand, where you may make the fairest shoot.
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- In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge / Of battle when it rag'd, in all assaults
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- Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices.
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- we are to turn the full edge of our indignation upon the accursed instrument, which had so well nigh occasioned his utter falling away.
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- supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them.
- Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper
Synonyms
* (advantage) advantage, gain * (sharp terminating border) brink, lip, margin, rim, boundary * (in graph theory) lineDerived terms
* bottom edge * inside edge * live on the edge * on edge * outside edge * top edgeSee also
*Mathworld article on the edges of polygons*
Mathworld article on the edges of polyhedra*
Science book
Verb
(edg)- He edged the book across the table.
- He edged away from her.
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- If you're edging with stone, brick, or another material in a lawn area, set the upper surfaces of the edging just at or not more than ½ inch above ground level so it won't be an obstacle to lawn mowers.
- to edge her champion's sword
- By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged .
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- “I think of it as mine, but, yes, it's his cock I've been edging with. Do you edge?”
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- Paul had been edging since the first young guy started to fuck, and he wanted Paul to come inside his body that night.
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- His mouth was open and he was still jerking his dick. Justin knew he must have been edging by then.