footprint vs ripple

footprint

noun
  • The surface space occupied by a structure. 

  • A polygon representing the shape of an item. 

  • The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow. 

  • Availability of a satellite from the ground. 

  • Profession or lifestyle. 

  • The audit trail left by a crashed program. 

  • Space required by a piece of equipment. 

  • The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc. 

  • The amount of hard drive space required for a program. 

  • A company's geographic market presence. 

ripple

noun
  • A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid. 

  • A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together. 

  • An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc. 

  • A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal. 

  • A sound similar to that of undulating water. 

verb
  • To shape into a series of ripples. 

  • To launch or unleash in rapid succession. 

  • To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze 

  • To propagate like a moving wave. 

  • To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate. 

  • To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple. 

  • To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore. 

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