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condensation trail
condensation trail
noun
- another name for vapour trail
Word History and Origins
Origin of condensation trail1
Example Sentences
In addition to producing bright flames from its engines, a rocket leaves behind a trail of water vapor from its exhaust, which forms a condensation trail — a long artificial cloud that this month was visible some time after the rocket disappeared.
In addition to producing bright flames from its engines, a rocket leaves behind a trail of water vapor from its exhaust, which condenses and freezes to form a condensation trail, or contrail — a long artificial cloud that, on Sunday night, and during a launch last December pictured below, was visible some time after the rocket disappeared.
"It is difficult to imagine, without actually seeing it, what the sky looked like with 700 to 800 B-17s and B-24s in the air, particularly when each plane produced its own condensation trail under certain atmospheric conditions," Stelzriede wrote.
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