What is "ripple"

Ripple \Rip"ple\, n. [From Rip, v.] An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. t.

1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

2. Hence, to scratch or tear.
   --Holland.

Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rippling.] [Cf. Rimple, Rumple.]

1. To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.

2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.

Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. t. To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.

Ripple \Rip"ple\, n.

1. The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.

2. A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.

   Ripple grass. (Bot.) See Ribwort.

   Ripple marks, a system of parallel ridges on sand, produced by wind, by the current of a steam, or by the agitation of wind waves; also (Geol.), a system of parallel ridges on the surface of a sandstone stratum.

early 15c., "to crease;" 1660s, "to present a ruffled surface," of unknown origin, perhaps a frequentative of rip (v.). Transitive sense "cause to ripple" is from 1786. Related: Rippled; rippling.

"very small wave," 1798, from earlier meaning "stretch of shallow, rippling water" (1755), from ripple (v.). Meaning "mark or movement suggestive of a ripple" is from 1843. Meaning "ice cream streaked with colored syrup" first attested 1939, so called from its appearance. As the name of a brand of inexpensive wine sold by E&J Gallo Winery, from 1960 to 1984. Ripple effect is from 1950.

n. 1 A moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid. 2 A sound similar to that of undulating water. 3 A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together. 4 (context electronics English) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal. 5 An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc. vb. 1 To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate. 2 To propagate like a moving wave. 3 To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore. 4 To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple. 5 (context by extension English) To scratch or tear.

1. n. a small wave on the surface of a liquid [syn: rippling, riffle, wavelet]

2. (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value

3. v. stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate]

4. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle]

The most common meaning of ripple in electrical science is the small unwanted residual periodic variation of the direct current (DC) output of a power supply which has been derived from an alternating current (AC) source. This ripple is due to incomplete suppression of the alternating waveform within the power supply.

As well as this time-varying phenomenon, there is a frequency domain ripple that arises in some classes of filter and other signal processing networks. In this case the periodic variation is a variation in the insertion loss of the network against increasing frequency. The variation may not be strictly linearly periodic. In this meaning also, ripple is usually to be considered an unwanted effect, its existence being a compromise between the amount of ripple and other design parameters.

Ripple can refer to:

• Ripple (charitable organisation), a non-profit click-to-donate internet site and search engine
• Ripple effect, the socio-educational phenomenon
• Ripple (electrical), residual unwanted variations following ac to dc conversion
  • Frequency domain ripple, the ripple of a filter's insertion loss
• Capillary wave, a ripple along the interface of two fluids
• Polarization ripples, appearing after irradiation of a solid by energy flux (laser, ions...)
• Ripple marks, as identified in sediments and sedimentary rocks
• Ripple (payment protocol), an open-source protocol for a payment system and distributed currency exchange.
• USS Ripple, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
• Ripple was a well-known brand of low-end fortified wine
• Raspberry Ripple, a flavour of ice-cream

Ripple is a non-profit click-to-donate internet site and search engine which passes 100% of its revenue to other charities. Launched on May 4, 2007, they make their revenue by attaining sponsorship from advertisers in return for delivering users who will see their advertisements.

The co-founders of Ripple are Jehan Ratnatunga, Matthew Tilleard, Mack Nevill and Simon Griffiths.

"Ripple" is the sixth song on the Grateful Dead album American Beauty. It was released as the B-side to the single " Truckin'".

Ripple is the annual cultural, literary and sports festival of University College of Medical Sciences (Delhi). It is organised in the second week of March each year for four days. Ripple attracts huge crowd and participation from student community of Delhi and North India which mainly consists of MAMC, LHMC, VMMC, other Delhi University colleges, IIT and Indraprastha University colleges.

The company Ripple is the creator and a developer of the Ripple payment protocol and exchange network. Originally named Opencoin and renamed Ripple Labs until 2015, the company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Ripple was an American funk band from Michigan. The group was signed to GRC Records and Salsoul Records in the 1970s, and scored several hit singles, the biggest of which were "I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky" and "The Beat Goes On," the latter on Salsoul Records, joined by the Salsoul Orchestra. After moving to Atlanta, Georgia, Wally, Kenny, and Brian restructured the group, adding Victor Burks (keyboards) and Barry Lee (guitar). The group toured extensively around the Southeast, the highlight of which was opening for George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic on their "Mothership Connection" tour. Wally, Kenny, Brian, Victor, and Barry went on to record their seminal album, "Sons of the Gods". "The Beat Goes On And On", from that album, became a disco/hustle classic that's still being played today. The former's signature "oh-la oh-la ay" line was later incorporated into Marcia Griffiths' smash hit, " Electric Boogie (Electric Slide)."

R.I.P. Brian Sherrer, October 2014

Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system (RTGS), currency exchange and remittance network by Ripple. Also called the Ripple Transaction Protocol (RTXP) or Ripple protocol, it is built upon a distributed open source Internet protocol, consensus ledger and native currency called XRP (ripples). Released in 2012, Ripple purports to enable "secure, instant and nearly free global financial transactions of any size with no chargebacks." It supports tokens representing fiat currency, cryptocurrency, commodity or any other unit of value such as frequent flier miles or mobile minutes. At its core, Ripple is based around a shared, public database or ledger, which uses a consensus process that allows for payments, exchanges and remittance in a distributed process. In 2014, Ripple defended the security of its consensus algorithm against a rival company. , Ripple is the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, after bitcoin and ethereum. Currently implemented by companies such as UniCredit, UBS or Santander, the Ripple protocol has been increasingly adopted by banks and payment networks as settlement infrastructure technology, with American Banker explaining that "from banks' perspective, distributed ledgers like the Ripple system have a number of advantages over cryptocurrencies like bitcoin," including price and security.