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:
“People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those who continue sleeping, not considering that the whole world that environs them does not permit them to wake. Life proceeds as a series of optical illusions, artificial needs and imaginary sensations.”
—Alexander Herzen (18121870)
“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 hasnt been sat on.”
—Anonymous.
“We wake and whisper awhile,
But, the day gone by,
Silence and sleep like fields
Of amaranth lie.”
—Walter De La Mare (18731956)