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.

Read more about Wake.

Famous quotes containing the word wake:

    “I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “It is true enough, Cambridge college is really beginning to wake up and redeem its character and overtake the age.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “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)