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:

    “Life’s like a ball game. You gotta take a swing at whatever comes along before you wake up and find out it’s the ninth inning.”
    —Martin Goldsmith, and Edgar G. Ulmer. Vera (Ann Savage)

    “All night your moth-breath
    Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen:
    A far sea moves in my ear.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “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)