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con⋅trail

  [kon-treyl]
–noun
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
Also called condensation trail, exhaust trail, vapor trail.

Origin:
1940–45; con(densation) trail
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con·trail   (kŏn'trāl')   
n.  A visible trail of streaks of condensed water vapor or ice crystals sometimes forming in the wake of an aircraft. Also called vapor trail.

[con(densation) + trail.]
vapor trail  
n.  See contrail.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

contrail 
1945, from con(densation) trail.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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