CONDENSATION TRAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does condensation trail mean? 

• CONDENSATION TRAIL (noun)
  The noun CONDENSATION TRAIL 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: CONDENSATION TRAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONDENSATION TRAIL (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("condensation trail" is a kind of...):

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