What's the difference between ripple and signal?

Ripple


Definition:

  • (v.) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
  • (v. t.) To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear.
  • (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.
  • (v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
  • (v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
  • (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
  • (n.) A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
  • (n.) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.
  • (n.) the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Past measurements have shown that the intensity range is reduced at the extremes of the F0 range, that there is a gradual upward tilt of the high- and low-intensity boundaries with increasing F0, and that a ripple exists at the boundaries.
  • (2) The 180-acre imperial palace appears to send ripples through the surrounding urban grain like a rock thrown into a pond, forming the successive layers of ring-roads.
  • (3) Shares in energy companies lost ground as the impact of the drop in oil prices rippled through European stock markets.
  • (4) The market is lightly regulated and any problems could ripple out into a wider credit crunch.
  • (5) But the move to inflate the price of Daraprim, which is the brand name for the generic drug pyrimethamine and was originally developed in the 1940s by corporate elements of the pharmaceutical giant now known as GlaxoSmithKline, has set off ripples of concern across the medical community.
  • (6) At least that seemed to be the lesson last week when the autumn statement confirmed a further £600m raid on the troubled universal credit – a move that didn't cause a ripple.
  • (7) Although only relatively few of the mildly impaired elderly in the nursing home volunteered for the joint activity, the ripple effect of the project extended beyond the direct participants.
  • (8) Panic rippled through the crowd as riot police advanced repeatedly with batons drawn before being later backed up by dozens of mounted police.
  • (9) He has described himself as "semi-retired" and, as unrest rippled through Tibetan areas in 2008, threatened to resign as leader of the administration-in-exile if violence continued.
  • (10) There is a ripple of applause and the odd cheer each time.
  • (11) The result suggests that the rearrangement of the ripple structure takes place during temperature change successively.
  • (12) The time has come to relegate psychoanalysis to its proper place as a moment in the historical development of psychiatry and a ripple in 20th century western culture.
  • (13) However, while the return of rising property prices which started in London has been rippling out to the regions, Zoopla claimed that in some parts of the country homes are worth less than at the turn of the year.
  • (14) (The day before, they filmed a car chase down the main street and the excitement still ripples through the glutinous air.)
  • (15) Random grenade blasts and gunfire sent ripples of tension through the crowds, tearful women ducking as explosions rocked the courtyard.
  • (16) The a parameter (proportional to the lamellar repeat distance) increases with increasing water content, while the b parameter (a measure of the ripple periodicity) decreases with increasing water content.
  • (17) Secondary rippled structures are observed in the low temperature L beta'-phase for cholesterol content below approx.
  • (18) They were formed by parallel filaments of 6-10 nm beaded periodically by electron-dense particles of 10-18 nm in a lattice, hexagonal or parallel-ripple pattern.
  • (19) Meanwhile, barely a ripple was caused by the seeming incongruity of insisting on those on higher incomes to shoulder more of the burden, while failing to repeat the pledge from last year’s Westminster manifesto to introduce a 50p top rate of tax.
  • (20) In contrast, application of 4-AP to nerves injured by the placement of loose ligatures results in the appearance of late rippled components in the compound action potential.

Signal


Definition:

  • (n.) A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.
  • (n.) A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
  • (a.) Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer.
  • (v. t.) To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.
  • (v. t.) To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Such a signal must be due to a small ferromagnetic crystal formed when the nerve is subjected to pressure, such as that due to mechanical injury.
  • (2) Glucocorticoids have numerous effects some of which are permissive; steroids are thus important not only for what they do, but also for what they permit or enable other hormones and signal molecules to do.
  • (3) Although solely nociresponsive neurons are clearly likely to fill a role in the processing and signalling of pain in the conscious central nervous system, the way in which such useful specificity could be conveyed by multireceptive neurons is difficult to appreciate.
  • (4) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
  • (5) Type 1 changes (decreased signal intensity on T1-weighted spin-echo images and increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images) were identified in 20 patients (4%) and type 2 (increased signal intensity on T1-weighted images and isointense or slightly increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images) in 77 patients (16%).
  • (6) The presently available data allow us to draw the following conclusions: 1) G proteins play a mediatory role in the transmission of the signal(s) generated upon receptor occupancy that leads to the observed cytoskeletal changes.
  • (7) Thus, human bronchial epithelial cells can express the IL-8 gene, with expression in response to the inflammatory mediator TNF regulated mainly at the transcriptional level, and with elements within the 5'-flanking region of the gene that are directly or indirectly modulated by the TNF signal.
  • (8) The region containing the injection stop signal (iss) has been cloned and sequenced and found to contain numerous large repeats and inverted repeats which may be part of the iss.
  • (9) Here, we review the nature of the heart sound signal and the various signal-processing techniques that have been applied to PCG analysis.
  • (10) The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the decreased Epi response following ET was due to 1) depletion of adrenal Epi content such that adrenomedullary stimulation would not release Epi, 2) decreased Epi release with direct stimulation, i.e., desensitization of release, or 3) decreased afferent signals generated by ET itself.
  • (11) In documents due to be published by the bank, it will signal a need to shed costs from a business that employs 10,000 people as it scrambles to return to profit.
  • (12) In fact, you might read it as a signal … that the president might well lose on this,” she said.
  • (13) Further study both of the signaling events that lead to MPF activation and of the substrates for phosphorylation by MPF should lead to a comprehensive understanding of the biochemistry of cell division.
  • (14) After several months, a temporal discrimination was well established, as shown by maximum suppression toward the end of the signal period.
  • (15) 2010 2 May : In a move that signals the start of the eurozone crisis, Greece is bailed out for the first time , after eurozone finance ministers agree to grant the country rescue loans worth €110bn (£84bn).
  • (16) Protein kinase C (PKC) is activated rapidly and transiently following ionizing radiation exposure and is postulated to activate downstream nuclear signal transducers.
  • (17) During that time they have repeatedly demonstrated the likely existence of signalling molecules or morphogens that control the pattern of development in the embryo.
  • (18) Recently, we have designed a series of simplified artificial signal sequences and have shown that a proline residue in the signal sequence plays an important role in the secretion of human lysozyme in yeast, presumably by altering the conformation of the signal sequence [Yamamoto, Y., Taniyama, Y., & Kikuchi, M. (1989) Biochemistry 28, 2728-2732].
  • (19) After calving, probably the position of new follicles is temporally influenced by direct signals from the uterine horns affected differently by pregnancy.
  • (20) The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the signaling behaviors of female Long-Evans rats varies over the estrous cycle.