condensation trail

1. 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

   Synonymscontrail

   Broadercloud

Questions about condensation trail

What does condensation trail mean?

condensation trail means "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".

What is another word for condensation trail?

Close synonyms include contrail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is condensation trail a common word?

condensation trail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.