ramp meter

noun

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

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounramp meter (plural ramp meters)

plural ramp meters

  1. roadA 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
Cite this entry
APA

ramp meter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramp%20meter

MLA

“ramp meter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramp%20meter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ramp meter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramp%20meter.

Source: ramp meter on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.