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Meanings of condensation trail in English

Portuguese
contrail
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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.

        contrail
        Usage of condensation trail in English
        1
        A condensation trail arced suddenly into the sky, launched from one of the Iscan heavies.
        The last page
        2
        Condensation trails are a consequence of interaction between the exhaust gases from a plane's engines and the surrounding air.
        The Irish Times
        3
        But in fact he was curious about condensation trails, those elongated streaks of cloud that form a wake behind high flying aircraft.
        The Irish Times
        Translations for condensation trail
        Portuguese
        contrail