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ripple

ripple

5.3
A circular light effect that spreads from where you touch a screen
  • noun
  • /ˈrɪpəl/
  • Texting
: 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

58 3.8

Not moving or changing over time

5 4.9

Not answering or showing interest when someone asks

Compounds

ripple mark
  • Specialized
1 5.3

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

ripple-grass
  • Specialized
9.9

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

How Noticeable

to highlight
301 3.3
animation
  • Specialized
142 3.8
ripple
  • Texting
5.3
transition
  • Specialized
3 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.