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:

    “But since all is well, keep it so, wake not a sleeping wolf.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it’s in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.”
    —Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)

    “I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)