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1. a slope or inclined plane for joining two different levels, as at the entrance or between floors of a building: 入り口や建物のフロアの間のような、2つの異なる高さをつなげた坂や傾いた平面

(段差を解消する)スロープ, 傾斜路

e.g. a wheelchair ramp.: 車椅子のスロープ

a movable set of steps for entering or leaving an aircraft.: 飛行機の出入りのための一揃いの動く段差

(飛行機の)タラップ

North American an inclined road leading onto or off a main road or highway: 主要道路や高速道路につながる、離れる傾いた道路

｟米｠ (高速道路の)ランプ(｟英｠ slip road)

e.g. an exit ramp.: 出口ランプ

2. an upward bend in a stair rail.: 階段の横木の上向きの湾曲部分

3. an electrical waveform in which the voltage increases or decreases linearly with time.: 電圧の時間に伴う線形の増減の電気の波形

1. with object provide or build (something) with a ramp.: (何かに)傾斜路を提供する、建てる

2. no object archaic (of an animal) rear up on its hind legs in a threatening posture.: 威嚇の体制で後ろ脚で立つ

with adverbial of direction rush about violently or uncontrollably: 乱暴に、制御不能に飛び回る

e.g. an awful beast ramping about the woods and fields.: 森と野原を暴れまわるひどい獣

with adverbial of direction (of a plant) grow or climb luxuriantly: (植物が)ふさふさと成長する、巻き付く

e.g. ivy ramped over the flower beds.: ツタはその花壇に生えた。

3. no object (of an electrical waveform) increase or decrease voltage linearly with time.: (電気の波形が)時間とともに線形に電圧を増減させる

(especially in reference to the production of goods) increase or cause to increase in amount:

e.g. they ramped up production to meet booming demand | the level of violence is ramping up.

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.