RIPPLE

Ripple

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

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ripple

Noun

  1. A moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid.
    I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples.
  2. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
  3. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
    I enjoy fudge ripple ice cream, but I especially like to dig through the carton to get at the ripple part and eat only that.
  4. 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.

Verb

  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. To scratch or tear.


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