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Categories: Climate forcing, Cirrus, Articles with short description, Cloud and fog physics, Aviation meteorology

contrail condensation trail vapor trail vapour trail Kondensstreifen

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 3.0

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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 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Contrails or vapor trails are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust or changes in air pressure, typically at aircraft cruising altitudes several miles above the Earth's surface. Wikipedia

Condensation trail caused by an aircraft. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Long, thin artificial clouds that sometimes form behind aircraft Wikidata

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. OmegaWiki

A contrail; a visible line of condensation flowing from the edge of an airplane wing or similar structure. Wiktionary

A contrail. Wiktionary (translation)

Artificial cloud from jet aircraft. Wiktionary (translation)

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contrail, condensation trail