Synonyms for contrail

Most common

jet stream · vapor trail · condensation trail · cirrus tractus · cirrus aviaticus

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Noun

Antonyms

distrail

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Definitions

1. n. 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.

Forms

Plural

contrails

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

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Français

traînée de condensation