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:

    “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)

    “And if tonight my soul may find her peace
    in sleep, and sink in good oblivion,
    and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower
    then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “An hour of winter day might seem too short
    To make it worth life’s while to wake and sport.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)