Definition of Asphaltic

1. Adjective. Containing asphalt. "Asphaltic residues"

Derivative terms: Asphalt, Asphalt

Definition of Asphaltic

1. a. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous.

Definition of Asphaltic

1. Adjective. Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous. ¹

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Definition of Asphaltic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asphaltic

aspersoria
aspersorium
aspersoriums
aspersors
asperulate
asphalt
asphalt concrete
asphalt emulsion
asphalt jungle
asphalt shingle
asphalte
asphalted
asphaltene
asphaltenes
asphaltenic
asphaltic (current term)
asphalting
asphaltite
asphaltites
asphaltlike
asphalts
asphaltum
asphaltums
asphaltus
asphenc lens
asphere
aspheres
aspheric
aspheric lens
aspherical

Literary usage of Asphaltic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Asphalts and Allied Substances: Their Occurrence, Modes of Production, Uses by Herbert Abraham (1920)
"This theory is advanced by Clifford Richardson.1 In studying the well-known Trinidad asphalt lake deposit, Richardson concludes that an asphaltic petroleum ..."

2. Annual Report (1913)
"(b) Semi-asphaltic residuum shall have the same general characteristics as paraffine residuum except that it shall have a specific gravity of 0.94 ..."

3. A Treatise on Roads and Pavements by Ira Osborn Baker (1908)
"cakes weighing .50 to 60 pounds, to this country to be used in making artificial paving compounds. TABLE 41. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF EUROPEAN asphaltic ..."

4. Specifications for Street Roadway Pavements by Samuel Whinery (1907)
"asphaltic Paving Cement. 49. The asphaltic paving cement shall be prepared ... The asphaltic cement, when tested at a temperature of seventy- eight (78) ..."

5. A Treatise on Civil Engineering by Dennis Hart Mahan (1877)
"asphaltic Roadways and Sidewalks. In preparing roadways with an asphaltic ... The asphaltic rock reduced to powder by the ordinary process is uniformly ..."

6. A Treatise on Civil Engineering by Dennis Hart Mahan (1873)
"The asphaltic rock reduced to powder by the ordinary process is uniformly ... asphaltic Road-ways and Sidewalks. In preparing roadways with an asphaltic ..."

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