Asphalt pavement
Definition
The totality of technical paving or covering works of a road, pedestrian, or industrial surface with a compact layer of asphalt; the result of the asphalting operation, viewed as a finished structure. It is a technical term more rarely used in current speech, usually replaced by the noun of action 'asfaltare'.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Asphalt pavement
- Asphalting
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Neuter noun, articulated: asfaltajul, plural: asfaltaje, genitive-dative: asfaltajului / asfaltajelor. |
| Formation | Neologistic loanword from French (asphaltage), adapted to the declension of Romanian neuter nouns. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [as.fal.ˈtadʒ] |
| Source | Lexicon of Civil Engineering and Road Infrastructure Metrics |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Inginerul a verificat dacă acel asfaltaj executat pe timp de ploaie a suferit fisuri structurale la suprafață.
EN: The engineer checked whether that asphalt pavement executed during rain suffered structural surface cracks.
RO: Garanția oferită de companie acoperă orice defect apărut în structura de asfaltaj a autostrăzii.
EN: The warranty offered by the company covers any defect appearing in the highway's asphalt pavement structure.
RO: Un asfaltaj de calitate superioară necesită adăugarea unor polimeri speciali în amestecul fierbinte de bitum.
EN: A high-quality asphalt pavement requires adding special polymers into the hot bitumen mix.
Idioms & Phrases
Asfaltaj rutier / Road asphalt pavement
RO: Stratul final de rulare al unei șosele, calculat structural să reziste la traficul intens de vehicule grele.
EN: The final wearing course of a road, structurally calculated to withstand heavy vehicle traffic.
Asfaltaj poros / Porous asphalt pavement / Permeable pavement
RO: Tip special de pavaj bituminos care permite drenarea rapidă a apei de ploaie direct în straturile inferioare.
EN: Special type of bituminous pavement that allows rapid drainage of rainwater directly into the lower layers.
Grosime de asfaltaj / Pavement thickness
RO: Dimensiunea măsurată în centimetri a straturilor de bitum turnate pe carosabil conform proiectului tehnic.
EN: The dimension measured in centimeters of the bitumen layers poured on the roadway according to the technical project.
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