on-rampn.
/ˈɒnˌramp/, U.S. /ˈɔnˌræmp/, /ˈɑnˌræmp/ 1. Originally and chiefly North American. An inclined slip road leading on to or off a main road or motorway. Cf. off-ramp n.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > for fast motor traffic > slip road
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1956 N.Y. Times 16 Apr. 29/4 A more gradual ‘on ramp’ approach to the parkway from Lake Avenue is being built.
1960 Proc. Ann. Meeting Highway Res. Board (U.S.) 38 506 (title) Application of digital computer simulation techniques to freeway on-ramp traffic operations.
1988 New Yorker 12 Sept. 53/1 The road wound through narrow valleys, becoming more crowded at every on-ramp.
1995 I. Banks Whit xii. 185 I stood at a motorway on-ramp in Gunnersbury, being occasionally jeered at from passing cars and vans.
2. Computing. A means of gaining access to a network, esp. the internet.
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1990 Chron. Higher Educ. 19 Dec. a18/1 The on-ramp to this electronic highway is just down the road.
1994 Esquire Feb. 26 To get access to its [sc. the Internet's] riches..you need an on-ramp, an access point, a local exchange.
1998 N.Y. Times 7 May c22/1 MCI is considering selling its domestic wholesale business, which provides broad cyberspace on ramps to smaller Internet access providers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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