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:

    “I will not do thee so much wrong to wake thee.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “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)

    “We wake and whisper awhile,
    But, the day gone by,
    Silence and sleep like fields
    Of amaranth lie.”
    —Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)