contrail
verbEtymology Blend of condensation + trail.
1
To produce an artificial cloud of this kind.
- Antonyms
- distrail
noun, verb — 2 senses
Etymology Blend of condensation + trail.
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.
Etymology Blend of condensation + trail.
To produce an artificial cloud of this kind.
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