What does Trailing mean?
Definitions for Trailing
trail·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
trailing, trackingnoun
the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
Wiktionary
trailingadjective
to converge in the direction of travel
ChatGPT
trailing
Trailing generally refers to following behind or coming after something or someone. It could also refer to the situation of being behind in a race, competition, or any comparative context. Moreover, in botany, it describes a plant that grows along the ground without ascending any support. Finally, in finance, 'trailing' is used when referring to past figures or performance, like "trailing earnings" or "trailing returns".
Webster Dictionary
Trailing
of Trail
Trailing
a. & vb. n. from Trail
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Anagrams for Trailing »
ringtail
trialing
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Trailing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Trailing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Trailing in a Sentence
Actually, today through my first five rotations I showed quite a high standard, i wanted to add difficulty to my all-around, and going to the high bar I was trailing by about 0.5 so I was weighing up adding difficulty and I decided to do so.
At the moment the Saudi market is 15 times trailing earnings for 2015, but earnings in the first quarter of 2016 were flat, so zero growth, so if you annualise that and assume there will be no growth in 2016, then you are talking forward earnings of 15 times, at that price, I don't think I am being paid enough to take that risk. If it was trading at 10 times, then yes, maybe.
What's interesting is, if you look at the rear T-38, you see these shocks kind of interact in a curve, this is because the trailing T-38 is flying in the wake of the leading aircraft, so the shocks are going to be shaped differently. This data is really going to help us advance our understanding of how these shocks interact.
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I just got back and made an incredible play, i was just trying to gather the ball. Most of the time on a break like that, if you block it, they might have a player trailing to get the ball and lay it up. It worked out perfect for me. Now I ’m probably all over the internet for it.
I'm not doing nothing, because I have a Michigan plate, other than that why are you trailing me? you made direct eye contact with me and held onto it when I was passing you.
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