Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Vapour trail

Vapour trail

A cloudlike streamer or trail often seen behind aircraft flying in clear, cold, humid air. A vapour trail is created when the water vapour from the engine exhaust gases are added to the atmosphere. Also called a contrail, for condensation trail.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
  • Part of Speech: noun
  • Synonym(s):
  • Blossary:
  • Industry/Domain: Weather
  • Category: General weather
  • Company:
  • Product:
  • Acronym-Abbreviation:
Collect to Blossary

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Bars & nightclubs Category: Bar terms

Easy Talk

Slang for a bar that illegally sell alcohol. The expression became popular during prohibition in the United States, but it is said it was originally ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

Karaburun Peninsula

Category: Geography   1 1 Terms

APEC

Category: Politics   2 9 Terms