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Meaning of ripple effect

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ripple effect

noun

Definitions

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

    Example: Defaults in America's mortgage lending businesses are causing a ripple effect through the major banks in other continents.