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ramp meter

ramp meter noun: a traffic light that is located at the end of an on-ramp to regulate vehicles entering a highway.

ramp meter: a traffic light that is located at the end of an on-ramp to regulate vehicles entering a highway
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Noun

ramp meter (plural ramp meters)

  1. A traffic light that is located at the end of an on-ramp to regulate vehicles entering a highway.
    • There’s no delicate way to put this, so we’re just going to come right out and say it – we feel that ramp meters are underappreciated. […] Yet, it’s not uncommon to see drivers totally ignore a ramp meter and drive right through its red light.2014 February 5, “Ramp Meters: Unappreciated or just misunderstood?”, in Arizona Department of Transportation, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2022

Forms of ramp meter

pluralramp meters

Questions about ramp meter

What does ramp meter mean?
Ramp meter means a traffic light that is located at the end of an on-ramp to regulate vehicles entering a highway.
What part of speech is ramp meter?
Ramp meter is a noun.
What is the plural of ramp meter?
The plural of ramp meter is ramp meters.

Words near ramp meter in the dictionary

  1. Ramoutars
  2. ramp
  3. ramp along
  4. ramp ceremonies
  5. ramp ceremony
  6. ramp meter
  7. ramp meters
  8. ramp travel index
  9. ramp travel indexes
  10. ramp up
  11. ramp-up

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