contrail

noun

Meaning

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.

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Related words

condensation trail(English)vapor trail(English)distrail(English)wall cloud(English)rack(English)snow cloud(English)rain cloud(English)cloud(English)juniper(English)stack(English)formation(English)software(English)

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