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ramp meters

ramp meters is the plural of ramp meter.

Meaning of ramp meter

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

Questions about ramp meters

What is ramp meters the plural of?
Ramp meters is the plural of ramp meter.

Words near ramp meters in the dictionary

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

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