Ramp

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Ramp may refer to:

In science and technology:

• Inclined plane, a simple machine
• Wheelchair ramp, an alternative to stairs
• Ramp function, in mathematics the integral of the unit step function
• Receptor activity-modifying protein (RAMP), a class of protein
• Linkspan, on a ferry or a ferry slip
• (R)-1-amino-2-methoxymethylpyrrolidine, a chiral auxiliary used in the Enders SAMP/RAMP hydrazone-alkylation reaction

Transportation:

• Airport ramp, the area where aircraft are loaded and unloaded
• Interchange (road) entrance ramp/on ramp or exit ramp/off ramp, on a freeway
• Speed bumps, also called ramps

Sports:

• Vert ramp and mini ramp, half-pipe structures used in gravity extreme sports
• Mark Ramprakash, an English cricketer nicknamed "Ramps"

Music:

• RAMP, a soul/jazz group from Cincinnati
• Ramp (band), a Portuguese heavy metal band
• Ramp, a 1991 album by Giant Sand
• "Ramp! (The Logical Song)", German band Scooter's cover of the Supertramp song

Geography

• Ramp, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Ramp Run, a stream in Ohio

Other uses:

• Ramp or catwalk, used by models in a fashion show. See Runway (fashion).
• Allium tricoccum, ramp or ramps, common name for a wild onion or garlic, native to eastern North America
• Operation Ramp, an Australian Defence Force evacuation of civilians during the 2006 Lebanon War
• RAMP Simulation Software for Modelling Reliability, Availability and Maintainability