Ripple may refer to:

Science and technology

Capillary wave A capillary wave is a wave traveling along the phase boundary of a fluid, whose dynamics and phase velocity are dominated by the effects of surface tension. Capillary waves are common in nature, and are often referred to as ripples. The wav ...

, 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) Ripple (specifically ripple voltage) in electronics is the residual periodic variation of the DC voltage within a power supply which has been derived from an alternating current (AC) source. This ripple is due to incomplete suppression of the alt ...

, residual periodic variation in DC voltage during ac to dc conversion **

Ripple current Ripple (specifically ripple voltage) in electronics is the residual periodic variation of the DC voltage within a power supply which has been derived from an alternating current (AC) source. This ripple is due to incomplete suppression of the alt ...

, pulsed current draw caused by some non-linear devices and circuits **

Frequency-domain ripple Ripple (specifically ripple voltage) in electronics is the residual periodic variation of the DC voltage within a power supply which has been derived from an alternating current (AC) source. This ripple is due to incomplete suppression of the alt ...

Ringing (signal) In electronics, signal processing, and video, ringing is oscillation of a signal, particularly in the step response (the response to a sudden change in input). Often ringing is undesirable, but not always, as in the case of resonant inductive co ...

, oscillation of a signal, particularly in the step response *

Polarization ripples Polarization ripples are parallel oscillations which have been observed since the 1960s on the bottom of pulsed laser irradiation of semiconductors. They have the property to be very dependent to the orientation of the laser electric field. Sinc ...

, appearing after irradiation of a solid by energy flux (laser, ions, etc.) *

Ripple marks In geology, ripple marks are sedimentary structures (i.e., bedforms of the lower flow regime) and indicate agitation by water ( current or waves) or wind. Defining ripple cross-laminae and asymmetric ripples * ''Current ripple marks'', ''u ...

, as identified in sediments and sedimentary rocks *

Ripple (payment protocol) Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system, foreign exchange market, currency exchange and remittance network created by Ripple Labs, Ripple Labs Inc., a US-based technology company. Released in 2012, Ripple is built upon a distributed comput ...

, a real-time payment system by Ripple Labs * Ripple control, a form of electrical

load management Load management, also known as demand-side management (DSM), is the process of balancing the supply of electricity on the network with the electrical load by adjusting or controlling the load rather than the power station output. This can be ach ...

* 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 Operation Dominic was a series of 31 nuclear test explosions with a total yield conducted in 1962 by the United States in the Pacific. This test series was scheduled quickly, in order to respond in kind to the Soviet resumption of testing af ...

Organizations

* Ripple (charitable organisation), a non-profit click-to-donate internet site and search engine *

Ripple Labs Ripple Labs, Inc. is an American technology company which develops the Ripple payment protocol and exchange network. Originally named Opencoin and renamed in 2015, the company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. Hist ...

, the firm that created the Ripple payment protocol *

Ripple Foods Ripple Foods is a California-based brand of pea-protein dairy alternative products. The company was founded in 2014 by Adam Lowry and Neil Renninger in Emeryville, California. In 2017, Ripple Foods entered a deal with natural food distributor ...

, a brand of pea-protein dairy alternative products

Arts and entertainment

* "Ripple" (Naruto episode), an episode in an anime series * ''The Ripple'' (newspaper), the student newspaper at the University of Leicester * Ripple (''My Little Pony'') * ''Ripples'' (TV series) * ''Ripples'' (musical), a musical comedy theatrical production * Ripple, a phenomenon in ''

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly ''seinen'' manga ...

Music

Ripple (band) Ripple was an American funk band from Michigan. The group was signed to GRC Records and Salsoul Records in the 1970s, and scored several hit single A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single or simply a hit, is a recorded song or in ...

, an American soul/funk band * "Ripple" (song), a 1970 song by the Grateful Dead from their album ''American Beauty'' * "Ripple", a song from the album ''

Priest=Aura ''Priest=Aura'' (styled as ''priest=aura'') is the eighth album by the Australian alternative rock band The Church, released in March 1992. It peaked at No. 25 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Background After touring their previous album, ' ...

'' by The Church * " Ripples...", a song from the album ''A Trick of the Tail'' by Genesis

Places

Ripple, Kent Ripple, also known as 'Ripple Vale', is a village and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England. Ripple parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin; the village pub is The Plough. History The meaning of the word Ripple, stems f ...

, a village in England *

Ripple, Worcestershire Ripple is a village and civil parish in the county of Worcestershire, England. Ripple is one of the most southerly parishes in the county and is situated on the A38 road with the River Severn as its western boundary. Together with the villages and ...

, a village in England *

Ripples, New Brunswick Ripples is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick near the village of Minto and Route 10 on the Little River. History Ripples housed a World War Two internment camp, from 1940 to 1945. This camp held internees of many differen ...

, Canada *

Ripple River The Ripple River is a small river of north-central Minnesota. The stream headwaters are at the outlet of Bay Lake of eastern Crow Wing County and it flows east and north to its confluence with the Mississippi River on the north side of Aitkin in ...

, US

Other uses

Ripple effect A ripple effect occurs when an initial disturbance to a system propagates outward to disturb an increasingly larger portion of the system, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it. The ripple effect is often used ...

, the socio-educational phenomenon * USS ''Ripple'', several US Navy ships * Ripple, a former brand of flavored fortified wine

People with the surname

Jimmy Ripple James Albert Ripple (October 14, 1909 – July 16, 1959) was an American professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball for seven seasons from 1936 to 1943. He played for the New York Giants (1936–1939), the ...

(1909–1959), baseball player *

Kenneth Francis Ripple Kenneth Francis Ripple (born May 19, 1943) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Education and career Ripple was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received an Artium Baccalaure ...

(born 1943), Senior United States Circuit Judge *

Mark Ripple Mark E. Ripple, born August 30, 1967 was an American money manager, expert horse racing handicapper, and author of ''Handicapping the Wall Street Way''. He was frequently sought after to pen articles, having written for ''American Turf Monthly'', '' ...

(born 1967), businessperson and author *

Richard E. Ripple Richard E. Ripple (1931–2010) was an American educational psychologist. He was a professor at Cornell University for 49 years and editor-in-chief of the ''Educational Psychologist An educational psychologist is a psychologist whose differen ...

(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 John Hollis "Gus" Ripple (October 25, 1897 – July 27, 1965) was a college football player. North Carolina A&M Ripple was a prominent tackle for the NC State Wolfpack of North Carolina A&M. One writer ranks Ripple as the fifth greatest pl ...

(1897–1965), college football player * William J. Ripple (born 1952), professor of ecology