A gentle wind made ripples on the surface of the pond.
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Ripples
Synonyms for "ripples" (153 found)
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The stone started ripples in the pond.
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Ripples continue to radiate outward long after the stone that produced them has sunk to the bottom of the pond.
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If mass curves space, then very large masses moving quickly through space would create ripples in space. These are called gravitational waves.
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