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Significados de kondensstreifen en inglés

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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.

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Examples for "contrail"
Examples for "contrail"
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The sky was powder blue and cloudless -not even a contrail.
Foxglove Summer
2
Threads of the yellow contrail hung in the limbs of the trees.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
3
Skies as delicate as translucent china, unscarred by cloud or contrail.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
Then he looked up and saw the contrail of an airliner, high overhead.
Wild Storm
5
A horizontal contrail of scintillating dust stretched out through the air behind them.
The Naked God
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A condensation trail arced suddenly into the sky, launched from one of the Iscan heavies.
The last page
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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
1
He was still watching the vapor trail as the cab pulled away.
The Penal Cluster
2
A straight, narrow line pointed dead ahead: the vapor trail from Teela's flycycle.
Ringworld
3
I swear she moves so fast she leaves a vapor trail most days.
No mercy
4
Its vapor trail spread, cold silver on a sky of slate.
Timescape
5
High above, a white vapor trail streaked a cloudless blue sky.
Bones Never Lie
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It showed footage of a missile launch in desert-like terrain, leaving a vapour trail.
The Irish Times
2
In a time of darkness smoke stacks are soon lost, a vapour trail drifts in the dawn light.
The Irish Times
3
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
5
Using her ball control, Var moved the pointer up alongside one of the satellites, pausing it on a lengthy vapour trail.
The Departure