contrail
An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that…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.
» We watched the airplane's contrails.
Meaning
1 sensesAn 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.
Kondensstreifen
конденсационный след
an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust
Examples
2 sentencesWe watched the airplane's contrails.
The US Navy apologized after one of its pilots drew a giant penis in the sky using the contrails of his aircraft.
Translations
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Origin
Blend of condensation + trail.Blend of condensation + trail.
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Forms
plural: contrailsSynonyms
5 synonyms- an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust:condensation trail