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sensation
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Medieval Latin sensatio, from Latin sensus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?n-s?'sh?n, IPA(key): /s?n?se???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
sensation (countable and uncountable, plural sensations)
- A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
- A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
Hyponyms
- Thesaurus:sensation
Related terms
- sensational
- sensation fiction
- sensation novel
- sense
- sensible
- sensitive
- sensory
- sensual
Translations
Further reading
- sensation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sensation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sensation at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Estonians, insonates
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin sensationem, accusative of sensatio, from Latin sensus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??.sa.sj??/
Noun
sensation f (plural sensations)
- sensation
Derived terms
- faire sensation
- sensation forte
Further reading
- “sensation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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ripple
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???p(?)l/
- Rhymes: -?p?l
Etymology 1
From an alteration of rimple.
Noun
ripple (plural ripples)
- A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
- I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread.
- The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand.
- A sound similar to that of undulating water.
- A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
- 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.
- (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)
- (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
- (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
- (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
- (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
- 2019, Jason M. Hardy, Phaedra M. Weldon, Herbert A. Beas II, BattleTech: Weapons Free: BattleCorps Anthology, Volume 3
- Hearns' 'Mech rippled fifteen missiles. Austen watched the missiles go in. They smashed into a copse of trees, smashing the trunks aside.
- 2019, Jason M. Hardy, Phaedra M. Weldon, Herbert A. Beas II, BattleTech: Weapons Free: BattleCorps Anthology, Volume 3
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English *ripelen, repulen, equivalent to rip +? -le (frequentative suffix).
Verb
ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)
- (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
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Etymology 3
Compare German Low German Repel, Dutch repel, German Riffel, extended forms (with instrumental or diminutive -le) of Low German Repe (“ripple”), Dutch repe (“ripple”). Compare also Dutch repen, German reffen, Swedish repa (“to beat; ripple”).
The verb is from Middle English ripplen, rypelen. Compare Low German repelen, Dutch repelen, German riffeln.
Alternative forms
- reeple, riple
Noun
ripple (plural ripples)
- An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Translations
Verb
ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)
- To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
Anagrams
- Prilep, Rippel
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