Associations to the word «Contrail»

Wiktionary

CONTRAIL, 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.

Dictionary definition

CONTRAIL, 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.

Wise words

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