Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun condensation_trail

1 sense of condensation trail

Sense 1
contrail, condensation trail -- (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)
       => cloud -- (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)