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ripple effect. 1. a spreading effect or series of consequences caused by a single action or event. His death, untimely as it was, has definitely had a ripple effect on the home and office supply industry. A Marker to Measure Drift is a novel that measures the ripple effect of trauma and violence.
What is the Casimir Effect? The Casimir effect is a small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged conducting plates. It is due to quantum vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. The effect was predicted by the Dutch physicist Hendrick Casimir in 1948. According to the quantum theory, the vacuum contains virtual particles which are in a continuous state of fluctuation (see physics FAQ article on virtual particles).