ripple effect
ripple effect · ripple effects
Welleneffekt
The circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other eventsThe circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.
» Their kindness creates a ripple effect.
Meaning
1 sensesThe circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.
Defaults in America's mortgage lending businesses are causing a ripple effect through the major banks in other continents.
Welleneffekt
Examples
2 sentencesTheir kindness creates a ripple effect.
The crisis had a ripple effect on the economy.
Translations
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By meaning 1
one event instigating a set of other events:
Origin
An analogy to the spreading ripples on a body of water after an object has struck the surfAn analogy to the spreading ripples on a body of water after an object has struck the surface.
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Forms
plural: ripple effects| Singular | ripple effect |
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