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:

    “And if tonight my soul may find her peace
    in sleep, and sink in good oblivion,
    and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower
    then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “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)

    “What so soon will wake and grow
    Utterly unlike the snow.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)