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 don’t want to express alienation. It isn’t what I feel. I’m interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up.”
    —Susan Sontag (b. 1933)

    “Some say that gleams of a remoter world
    Visit the soul in sleep,—that death is slumber,
    And that its shapes the busy thoughts outnumber
    Of those who wake and live.—”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “If you wake up dead in the morning, your body drained dry of blood, you’ll be afraid of the dark.”
    —Guy Endore, and Tod Browning. Chauffeur (Franklyn Ardel)