macadam

Summary

macadam ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (625 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• macadam is credited with the discovery of John Loudon McAdam^[2].
• macadam's image is recorded as Cesta makadam.JPG^[3].
• John Loudon McAdam is named after macadam^[4].
• macadam's made from material is recorded as crushed stone^[5].
• macadam's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 170981722^[6].
• macadam's subclass of is recorded as road surface^[7].
• macadam's subclass of is recorded as artificial physical structure^[8].
• macadam's Commons category is recorded as Macadam^[9].
• macadam's has part is recorded as crushed stone^[10].
• macadam's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1820-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• macadam's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• macadam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022fnt^[13].
• macadam's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 509237^[14].
• macadam's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0120738^[15].
• macadam's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[16].
• macadam's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[17].
• macadam's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/macadam-road-construction^[18].
• macadam's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as makadamisering^[19].
• macadam's Common Procurement Vocabulary code is recorded as 14213100-8^[20].
• macadam's Lex ID is recorded as makadam^[21].
• macadam's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 15001634-n^[22].
• macadam's Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID is recorded as tecnicas/1006357^[23].
• macadam's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as macadam^[24].

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Works and Contributions

macadam is credited with the discovery of John Loudon McAdam^[2]. Things named for macadam include tarmac^[25].

Why It Matters

macadam ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (625 views/month).^[1] macadam has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] macadam is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]

Entities named for macadam include tarmac^[25].