a ripple effect

if something has a ripple effect, it affects something else, which then affects other things Court rulings often have a ripple effect, spreading into areas of law that weren't part of the original cases.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Claudine	[klɔ:'di:n]
Yelena	ye-LYE-nah, ee-LYE-nah	Russian
Tamsin	TAM-sin	English (British)
Adnitt	['ædnit]
Thor	THOR (English), TOR (Danish), TOOR (Swedish, Norwegian)	Norse Mythology, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Yehudi	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew