ripple
- noun
- /ˈrɪpəl/
- Texting
- When they speak, lots of people listen and pay attention—and there are ripple effects.
Examples
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The program uses a ripple effect when you push the icons to enhance user feedback in the interface.
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When you click the button, a ripple will expand outward to show that your action has been registered.
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It's kind of a ripple effect, and sometimes it's difficult to keep up with.
Fiction book (1991) -
When they speak, lots of people listen and pay attention, and there are ripple effects.
Blog text (19) -
It's a ripple effect, or at least it can be if we are all willing.
Blog text (22) -
Look, whatever we did at Lollapalooza had some crazy ripple effects.
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The ripple effects for the kid, the class, and the teacher might be transformational.
Blog text (18) -
Infidelity and divorce create a ripple effect that touches people all around you.
Blog text (19) -
Treating myself this way has had a ripple effect, like a stone skipped across the surface of a pond.
Fiction book (1994) -
To indicate a successful interaction, a ripple animation appears on the screen after you tap the touchscreen.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A common wild plant with long narrow ribbed leaves that grows along roads in cool areas
How Noticeable
- Specialized
- Texting
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ripple comes from the idea of small waves spreading out from a point, and designers borrowed that image for touch feedback. So a UI ripple is a visual 'wave' that expands outward from where you touch or click.