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:

    “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.

    “What if we wake one shimmering morning to
    Hear the fierce hammering
    Of his firm knuckles
    Hard on the door?
    Shall we not shudder?”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “We wake and whisper awhile,
    But, the day gone by,
    Silence and sleep like fields
    Of amaranth lie.”
    —Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)