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)

    “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)

    “I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.
    What hours, O what black hours we have spent
    This night!”
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)