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ripple

ripple

5 5.3
A circular light effect that spreads from where you touch a screen
  • noun
  • /ˈrɪpəl/
  • Texting
translation icon : efecto de ondulación
  • When they speak, lots of people listen and pay attention—and there are ripple effects.

Examples

  • The program uses a ripple effect when you push the icons to enhance user feedback in the interface.

  • When you click the button, a ripple will expand outward to show that your action has been registered.

  • 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.

  • 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

45 3.8

Not moving or changing over time

10 4.9

Not answering or showing interest when someone asks

Compounds

ripple-grass
  • Specialized
9.9

A common wild plant with long narrow ribbed leaves that grows along roads in cool areas

ripple mark
  • Specialized
5.3

A small raised line in sand made by moving water or wind

How Noticeable

to highlight
340 3.3
animation
  • Specialized
145 3.8
ripple
  • Texting
5 5.3
transition
  • Specialized
10 4.3

Surface Forms

ripple singular
ripples plural

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.