outside edge

Furthest border line

The outside edge is the outer boundary of something curved or circular—the rim of a wheel, the perimeter of a skating blade, the margin of a turn.

In ice skating, skating on the outside edge means tilting the blade away from the body's center.

She carved a clean arc on her outside edge.

The phrase also describes anything positioned at the outermost limit: houses on the outside edge of town.

boundary

perimeter

Shape's outer edge length

rim · border · verge · brink · circumference · contour · outline · limit · extremity · skirt

advantage

upper hand

Position of control

head start · lead · strategic advantage · pole position · high ground · trump card · preeminence · ascendancy · vantage · forefront

Categories
Opposites
spatial position relative to a boundary

outside edgeinside edge

Boundary nearest the center

inner edge · center · interior · core · middle

Family

edge, outside, edges, boundary, edged, edging, edger, outsides, edgers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G