RIPPLEEFFECT

Ripple effect

A ripple effect is a situation where, like the ever expanding ripples across water when an object is dropped into it, an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards incrementally.

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ripple effect

Noun

  1. the effect of one event setting off other events in an unexpected way, or unexpected areas.
    Defaults in America's mortgage lending businesses are causing a ripple effect through the major banks in other continents.


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