Perturbation vs Ripple - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed
(countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
(countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies
A moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid.
A sound similar to that of undulating water.
A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
(electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
To propagate like a moving wave.
* 2008 , Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns , page 65:
To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
(by extension) To scratch or tear.
Perturbation is a related term of ripple.
As nouns the difference between perturbation and ripple
is that perturbation is (uncountable) agitation; the state of being perturbed while ripple is a moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid.As a verb ripple is
to move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.perturbation
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Noun
ripple
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Noun
(en noun)- I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples .
- I enjoy fudge ripple''' ice cream, but I especially like to dig through the carton to get at the '''ripple part and eat only that.
Verb
- These problems were complicated by a foreign exchange crunch which rippled through the economy in 1961-1962, [...].
- (Holland)
