Wake

Wake

A wake is the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary solid body, caused by the flow of surrounding fluid around the body.

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Famous quotes containing the word wake:

    “And whether life had been before that sleep
    The Heaven which I imagine, or a Hell

    ‘Like this harsh world in which I wake to weep,
    I know not.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder if it is not all a dream.”
    —Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)

    “One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
    And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die!”
    —John Donne (c. 1572–1631)