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:

    “As long as skies are blue, and fields are green
    Evening must usher night, night urge the morrow,
    Month follow month with woe, and year wake year to sorrow”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “I will not do thee so much wrong to wake thee.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “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)