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- Dictionaryrippling/ˈrɪplɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of water) forming or flowing with a series of small waves on the surface: "the rippling waters of the lake"
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RIPPLING definition: 1. present participle of ripple 2. to (cause to) move in small waves: . Learn more.
1. a. : to become lightly ruffled or covered with small waves. b. : to flow in small waves. c. : to fall in soft undulating folds. the scarf rippled to the floor. 2. : to flow with a light rise and fall of sound or inflection. laughter rippled over the audience. 3. : to move with an undulating motion or so as to cause ripples.
a small wave or a slight movement of a surface, esp. the surface of water: The stone hit the water and caused a ring of ripples to spread out. A ripple is also a sound or feeling that is slight but is noticed: A ripple of laughter ran through the crowd. The story created ripples of alarm here in Washington.
1. A small wave. 2. A wavelike motion; an undulation: the ripple of a flag. 3. A sound like that made by rippling water: a ripple of laughter. [Middle English ripplen, to wrinkle, crease, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] rip′pler n. rip′pling·ly adv. rip·ple 2. (rĭp′əl) n.
RIPPLING meaning: 1. present participle of ripple 2. to (cause to) move in small waves: . Learn more.
1. countable noun. Ripples are little waves on the surface of water caused by the wind or by something moving in or on the water. 2. verb. When the surface of an area of water ripples or when something ripples it, a number of little waves appear on it. You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.
a small wave on the surface of a liquid.
What does the adjective rippling mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective rippling . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
1 [intransitive, transitive] to move or to make something move in very small waves The lake rippled in the breeze. rippling muscles ripple something The wind rippled the wheat in the fields.
Rippling refers to a group of meta-level heuristics, developed primarily in the Mathematical Reasoning Group in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, and most commonly used to guide inductive proofs in automated theorem proving systems.
