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.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Ripple (electrical)
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ripple
Noun
- A moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid.
- I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples.
- A sound similar to that of undulating water.
- 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.
- A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Verb
- To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
- To propagate like a moving wave.
- To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
- To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
- To scratch or tear.
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