ripplet

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A ripplet is a small ripple—a small wave, ruffle, or wrinkle on the surface of something, such as water, fabric, clouds, or hair.A raindrop causes ripples in a puddle. A soft gust of wind can cause ripples on the surface of a lake, on the surface of a sheet hanging from a clothesline, or through the tall grasses in the meadow. Ripples aren’t typically breaks in the surface where they appear—they are disturbances that change its shape momentarily.The word can also be applied to waves or wrinkles involving intangible or abstract things, such as ripples of cause and effect.Ripple can also refer to a cascading sound, like that of rippling water, as in a ripple of laughter. Ripplet can be used to refer to a small ripple in all of these contexts, though it’s perhaps most common in the context of small waves on the surface of water (sometimes also called wavelets).Example: I like to throw pebbles into the still pond and see how far the ripplets extend out.