ripple
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- n a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- n (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- v stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- v flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- That will ripple out to business and consumer loans including mortgages.
- The Barack tsunami was barely a ripple back then.
- The cloning of an adult sheep raised the specter of science outpacing our moral processing power and had a historic significance that will ripple through the next century.