contrail

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Synonyms: cantrail, conrail, contrair, control, contrary, contract, contrast, constrain, contain, central, contra

Antonyms: cantrail, conrail, contrair, control, contrary, contract, contrast, constrain, contain, central, contra

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Noun

1. An [[artificial]] [[cloud]] made by the [[exhaust]] of [[jet]] [[aircraft]] or [[wingtip]] [[vortex|vortices]] that [[precipitate]] a stream of tiny [[ice]] [[crystal]]s in [[moist]], [[frigid]] upper air.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[produce]] an [[artificial]] [[cloud]] of this [[kind]].

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