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English Dictionary: ripple- grass by the DICT Development Group
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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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ribwort \Rib"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      A species of plantain ({Plantago lanceolata}) with long,
      narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also {rib grass}, {ripple
      grass}, {ribwort plantain}.
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