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:

    “What are days for?
    Days are where we live.
    They come, they wake us
    Time and time over.
    They are to be happy in:
    Where can we live but days?”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “There was on old person of Fratton
    Who went to church with his hat on.
    “If I wake up,” he said,
    “With my hat on my head,
    I shall know that it hasn’t been sat on.””
    —Anonymous.

    “The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can’t wake up.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)