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Meanings of vapour trail in English

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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.

Usage of vapour trail in English
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It showed footage of a missile launch in desert-like terrain, leaving a vapour trail.
The Irish Times
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In a time of darkness smoke stacks are soon lost, a vapour trail drifts in the dawn light.
The Irish Times
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As it passed over the Grand Teton National Park, one alert tourist photo-graphed the incandescent fireball and its long vapour trail.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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But there was never any sign of their presence, save an occasional vapour trail high against the blue of the stratosphere.
Childhood's End
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Using her ball control, Var moved the pointer up alongside one of the satellites, pausing it on a lengthy vapour trail.
The Departure
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Sometimes when he was at his computer at a late hour, he would pick up a faint vapour trail left by Rufus.
Bryant & may on the loose: a peculiar crimes unit mystery
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Even as Clyde and Lora watched, the gleaming vapour trail began to fray at its edges, breaking up into wisps of cloud.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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As a high-flying jet may leave a vapour trail behind it, so the outward-bound vessel of the Overlords left its own peculiar wake.
Childhood's End
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She turned her head to track his progress, as he began leaving a vapour trail, before disappearing in light too bright to gaze at directly.
The Departure
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Clare, led by Tony Kelly, had to travel through their vapour trails.
The Irish Times
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Vapour trails scribble across the sky, converging into man-made clouds that blur the sun.
The Guardian
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White vapour trailed after him and hung and dispersed.
61 hours
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Last week the criss-crossed vapour trails of MiG jets hung once again over the Panjshir valley.
The Guardian
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Narrow swirls of light would sweep across the great dome of sky, then hang there like vapour trails.
Neither here nor there: travels in europe
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There were no haints now; instead the air was a dilute milk of their residue tracked through with vapour trails.
Iron Council
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Through the cams she'd also seen an enforcer crawl out of that same crawler, issuing vapour trails from his breached suit.
The Departure