ramp
noun
[ ramp ]
• a sloping surface joining two different levels, as at the entrance or between floors of a building.
• "a wheelchair ramp"
Similar:
slope,
sloping surface,
bank,
incline,
inclined plane,
gradient,
grade,
tilt,
angle,
rise,
ascent,
acclivity,
drop,
descent,
declivity,
• an upward bend in a stair rail.
• an electrical waveform in which the voltage increases or decreases linearly with time.
• "a voltage ramp"
• a swindle, especially one involving a fraudulent increase of the price of a share.
• "the Stock Exchange is investigating two blatant share ramps"
ramp
verb
• provide with a ramp.
• "we have purposefully ramped the entrance to make it easier access"
• drive up the price of (a company's shares) in order to gain a financial advantage.
• "they're trying to ramp the share price"
• (of an animal) rear up on its hind legs in a threatening posture.
• "they roared and ramped in cages"
• (of an electrical waveform) increase or decrease voltage linearly with time.
• "the integrated circuit's output then ramps in the negative direction"
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘rear up’, also used as a heraldic term): from Old French ramper ‘creep, crawl’, of unknown origin. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 18th century.
