ramping
Building up fast
Ramping is increasing or decreasing gradually, especially in intensity or scale.
Production ramps up before the holiday season; a patient ramps down medication under supervision.
In video games and fitness, ramping describes difficulty or intensity that builds progressively: The game's ramping challenge keeps players engaged.
Wheelchair ramps led to the verb sense of creating an inclined surface for access.
Climbing or resizing
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- expansionIncrease in scope
- accelerationRate velocity changes
momentum · buildup · increase · intensification · progression · uptick · gradual · phased
Seated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- elevatorVertical conveyance between floors
- handrailsBars for gripping while walking
- inclineAngled rising surface
- gradientRate of change across space
ADA · barrier-free · mobility · assistive · accommodation · slope · entry · threshold
Angled rising surface
- gradientRate of change across space
- ascentUpward movement
- gradeClassification by rank
- pitchFrequency of sound
angle · rise · embankment · hillside · steepness · elevation · bank · terrain
Rate velocity changes
- throttlePower flow controller
- revvingIncreasing engine speed
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
- torqueRotational force measurement
speedometer · tachometer · highway · merge · overtake · gear · clutch · speed
scaling
Climbing or resizing
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- expansionIncrease in scope
acceleration · momentum · buildup · increase · intensification · progression · uptick · gradual · phased · incremental
wheelchair
Seated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- elevatorVertical conveyance between floors
- handrailsBars for gripping while walking
- inclineAngled rising surface
gradient · ADA · barrier-free · mobility · assistive · accommodation · slope · entry · threshold · rise
incline
Angled rising surface
pitch · angle · rise · embankment · hillside · steepness · elevation · bank · terrain · switchback
acceleration
Rate velocity changes
- throttlePower flow controller
- revvingIncreasing engine speed
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
torque · speedometer · tachometer · highway · merge · overtake · gear · clutch · speed · cruise
halfpipe
U-shaped ramp for tricks
launch · lip · transition · drop-in · air · grind · carve · coping · quarter-pipe · kicker
- Paintballpaintball, paintballs, paintball gun, marker, hopper
- scaling upexpand, expansion, growth, grow, increase
- slow motionslow motion, slo-mo, slow-motion, bullet time, half speed
- market fraudmarket manipulation, securities fraud, insider trading, pump and dump, spoofing
- power gridspower grid, transformer, substation, substations, transmission lines
- millingmill, grist mill, mills, corn mill, grain mill
rampingplateauing
Ceasing to rise
declining · decreasing · falling · dropping · leveling off
rampingwinding down
Gradually decreasing toward conclusion
scaling back · phasing out · tapering off · de-escalating · dialing back
- ramping upProgressively increasing in scale