Home › Words › D › distraildistraildistrail means A clear path through a cloud created by a passing aircraft, caused either by evaporation or freezing of water droplets in the wake.EtymologyBlend of dissipation + trail.nounA clear path through a cloud created by a passing aircraft, caused either by evaporation or freezing of water droplets in the wake.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.contrail 63% match — 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. vs distrail →traily 52% match — That trails. vs distrail →distream 51% match — To flow. vs distrail →traillessness 51% match — Absence of trails. vs distrail →dawnstreak 50% match — A streak of colour in the clouds at sunrise. vs distrail →chemtrail 49% match — A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories. vs distrail →airstream 49% match — A flow or current of air. vs distrail →difluent 49% match — (Of wind) which diverges, especially when viewed on a weather chart vs distrail →