Ripple

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

 * Wade Ripple, character from the 2023 Pixar animated film Elemental