contrail

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Etymology

Blend of condensation +‎ trail.

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Noun

contrail (plural contrails)

  1. 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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Verb

contrail (third-person singular simple present contrails, present participle contrailing, simple past and past participle contrailed)

  1. To produce an artificial cloud of this kind.

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