tarmac

Summary

tarmac ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• tarmac is credited with the discovery of Edgar Purnell Hooley^[2].
• macadam is named after tarmac^[3].
• tar is named after tarmac^[4].
• tarmac's made from material is recorded as asphalt concrete^[5].
• tarmac's subclass of is recorded as road surface^[6].
• tarmac's subclass of is recorded as artificial physical structure^[7].
• tarmac's Commons category is recorded as Asphalt^[8].
• tarmac's has part is recorded as crushed stone^[9].
• tarmac's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1902-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• tarmac's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016g8_^[11].
• tarmac's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as surface=tarmac^[12].
• tarmac's different from is recorded as asphalt concrete^[13].
• tarmac's different from is recorded as apron^[14].
• tarmac's Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID is recorded as tecnicas/1170841^[15].
• tarmac's WikiKids ID is recorded as Asfalt^[16].

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Works and Contributions

tarmac is credited with the discovery of Edgar Purnell Hooley^[2].

Why It Matters

tarmac ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).^[1] tarmac has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] tarmac is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]