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:

    “We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
    By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
    Till human voices wake us, and we drown.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “What so soon will wake and grow
    Utterly unlike the snow.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “What if we wake one shimmering morning to
    Hear the fierce hammering
    Of his firm knuckles
    Hard on the door?
    Shall we not shudder?”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)