Ripple

Last updated December 04, 2025

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

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

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