contrail
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Blend of condensation + trail.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]contrail (plural contrails)
- An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.
Synonyms
[edit]- condensation trail
- vapour trail (UK), vapor trail (US)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]artificial cloud from jet aircraft
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Verb
[edit]contrail (third-person singular simple present contrails, present participle contrailing, simple past and past participle contrailed)
- To produce an artificial cloud of this kind.