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Ripple may refer to:
Science and technology
- Capillary wave, commonly known as ripple, a wave traveling along the phase boundary of a fluid
- Ripple, more generally a disturbance, for example of spacetime in gravitational waves
 
 - Ripple (electrical), residual periodic variation in DC voltage during ac to dc conversion
- Ripple current, pulsed current draw caused by some non-linear devices and circuits
 - Frequency-domain ripple
 - Ringing (signal), oscillation of a signal, particularly in the step response
 
 - Polarization ripples, appearing after irradiation of a solid by energy flux (laser, ions, etc.)
 - Ripple marks, as identified in sediments and sedimentary rocks
 - Ripple (payment protocol), a real-time payment system by Ripple Labs
 - Ripple control, a form of electrical load management
 - Various brainwave patterns, including those which follow sharp waves in the hippocampus
 - Ripple I and Ripple II, 1962 US nuclear bomb tests in Operation Dominic
 
Organizations
- Ripple (charitable organisation), a non-profit click-to-donate internet site and search engine
 - Ripple Labs, the firm that created the Ripple payment protocol
 - Ripple Foods, a brand of pea-protein dairy alternative products
 
Arts and entertainment
- Ripple (My Little Pony)
 - "Ripple" (Naruto episode), an episode in an anime series
 - Ripple, a phenomenon in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
 - The Ripple (newspaper), the student newspaper at the University of Leicester
 - Ripples, a Japanese film directed by Naoko Ogigami
 - Ripples (musical), a musical comedy theatrical production
 - Ripples (TV series)
 
Music
- Ripple (band), an American soul/funk band
 - "Ripples", a 2019 album by Ian Brown
 - "Ripple" (song), a 1970 song by the Grateful Dead from their album American Beauty
 - "Ripple", a song from the album Priest=Aura by The Church
 - "Ripples...", a song from the album A Trick of the Tail by Genesis
 
Places
- Ripple, Kent, a village in England
 - Ripple, Worcestershire, a village in England
 - Ripples, New Brunswick, Canada
 - Ripple River, US
 
Other uses
- Ripple effect, the socio-educational phenomenon
 - USS Ripple, several US Navy ships
 - Ripple, a former brand of flavored fortified wine
 
People with the surname
- Jimmy Ripple (1909–1959), baseball player
 - Kenneth Francis Ripple (born 1943), Senior United States Circuit Judge
 - Mark Ripple (born 1967), businessperson and author
 - Richard E. Ripple (1931–2010), American educational psychologist
 - Charlie Ripple (1920–1979), pitcher in Major League Baseball
 - Ezra H. Ripple (1842–1909), Pennsylvania businessman, politician and soldier
 - John Ripple (1897–1965), college football player
 - William J. Ripple (born 1952), professor of ecology
 
Fictional character
See also
- Ripple tank, a glass tank of water demonstrating the basic properties of waves
 - Raspberry Ripple, a flavour of ice-cream
 - Ripple Island (disambiguation)
 - All pages with titles beginning with Ripple
 
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