Macadamized

Get Babylon's Translation Software! Free Download Now!
Babylon 8 - Your all-in-one solution
Award winning translation software trusted by millions. Translate from any language to any language.
View Demo


BabylonEnglish English dictionaryDownload this dictionary
macadamize (Amer.)
v. macadamise, pave a road or other surface with macadam (layers of broken stones)


Wikipedia English The Free EncyclopediaDownload this dictionary
John Loudon McAdam
John Loudon McAdam (September 21 1756 - November 26 1836) was a Scottish engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks. Modern road construction still reflects McAdam's influence. Of subsequent improvements, the most significant was the introduction of tar (originally coal tar) to bind the road surface's stones together – "tarmac" (for Tar Macadam) – followed later by the use of hot-laid tarred  aggregate or tar-sprayed chippings to create better road metalling. More recently, oil-based asphalt laid on reinforced concrete has become a major road surface, but its use of granite or limestone chippings still recalls McAdam's innovation.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
 
Macadam
Macadam is a type of road construction pioneered by the Scotsman John Loudon McAdam in around 1820. It consisted of creating three layers of stones laid on a crowned subgrade with side ditches for drainage. The first two layers consisted of angular hand-broken aggregate, maximum size 3 inches (75 mm), to a total depth of about 8 inches (200 mm). The third layer was about 2 inches (50 mm) thick with a maximum aggregate size of 1 inch (25 mm). Each layer would be compacted with a heavy roller, causing the angular stones to lock together with their neighbours.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

WordNet 2.0 DictionaryDownload this dictionary
macadamize
Verb
1. surface with macadam; "macadam the road"
(synonym) macadamise, tarmac
(hypernym) coat, surface
(derivation) macadam


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Macadamized
(imp. & p. p.)
of Macadamize
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
Dizionario inglese-italiano 1.0.012Download this dictionary
MACADAMIZED
MACADAMIZZATO

Define Macadamized

Translate Macadamized





| Macadamized in French | Macadamized in Italian | Macadamized in Spanish | Macadamized in Dutch | Macadamized in Portuguese | Macadamized in German | Macadamized in Russian | Macadamized in Japanese | Macadamized in Greek | Macadamized in Korean | Macadamized in Turkish | Macadamized in Hebrew | Macadamized in Arabic | Macadamized in Swedish