1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Contrail

Definition of Contrail in English :

Define Contrail in English

Contrail meaning in English

Meaning of Contrail in English

Pronunciation of Contrail in English

Contrail pronunciation in English

Pronounce Contrail in English

Contrail

see synonyms of contrail

Noun

1. condensation trail, contrail

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Contrail

see synonyms of contrail
noun
another name for vapour trail

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Contrail

see synonyms of contrail
noun
a white trail of condensed water vapor that sometimes forms in the wake of an aircraft; vapor trail

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Contrail

see synonyms of contrail
n.
A visible trail of streaks of condensed water vapor or ice crystals sometimes forming in the wake of an aircraft. Also called vapor trail.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

ubiety

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice

Message: fwrite(): write of 34 bytes failed with errno=28 No space left on device

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 263

Backtrace:

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_write_close(): Failed to write session data using user defined save handler. (session.save_path: /home/admin/tmp)

Filename: Unknown

Line Number: 0

Backtrace: