ripple : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ripple	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for ripple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ripple n a small wave on the surface of a liquid [syn: ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet] (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value v stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate] flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" Synonym(s): ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 3. (physics) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension. 4. (Electrical engineering) the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current. {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.