asphaltic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In the business, this mix of liquid asphalt cement, sand and small stone chips is called asphaltic concrete.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
I have taken some pains to examine the water in the immediate vicinity of these asphaltic bubbles, and have found it always considerably warmer than in any other part of the Gulf.
From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by Norman, B. M.
Another construction consists of a layer of asphaltic compound between two layers of cement mortar.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
Of the Chapoté, an asphaltic ebullition on the surface of the sea, I shall speak more fully in another place, in connection with a similar phenomenon observed in the lakes of Mexico.
From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by Norman, B. M.
Others vaguely allege that it is an air-volcano, and that asphaltic soils, like those of Mena, cause these inflammable exhalations which are so constant in their appearance.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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