A person or thing that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc
The company is the leader in home remodeling in the county.
A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to the threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press
The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story
One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles
An extra amount of film which is at the start and end of the roll to protect the exposed film and to enable it to be laced into the projector
The leader at a particular point in a race or competition is the person who is winning at that point. The world drivers' championship leader crossed the line ahead of the Swede
The central stem or trunk that is longer and more vigorous than the side branches or lateral stems
Data elements that primarily provide information for processing a record The data elements contain numbers or coded values and are identified by relative character position
A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor
The length of tree stem from the top of the tree down to the first set of branches, representing one year of growth and reflecting the tree's vigor and the site's growing potential