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CONTRAIL

Dictionary entry overview: What does contrail mean?

• CONTRAIL (noun)
The noun CONTRAIL has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: CONTRAIL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CONTRAIL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

condensation trail; contrail

Hypernyms ("contrail" is a kind of...):

cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)

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