Usually means: Consequences spreading from initial action.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word ripple effect:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. ripple effect: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ripple effect: Merriam-Webster
  3. ripple effect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ripple effect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ripple effect: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ripple effect: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. ripple effect: Wiktionary
  8. ripple effect: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. ripple effect: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ripple effect: Dictionary.com
  11. Ripple Effect (disambiguation), Ripple Effect (puzzle), Ripple effect (disambiguation), Ripple effect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. ripple effect: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Ripple Effect, ripple effect: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Ripple Effect, ripple effect: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (ripple effect)

noun:  The circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.

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