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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: condensation trail, vapor trail, jet stream, cirrus aviaticus, cirrus tractus
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To produce an artificial cloud of this kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: condensation trail
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cloud
History
Blend of condensation + trail.
Across languages
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