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Macadamia ternifolia
Queensland nut Queens"land nut` (Bot.) The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia.
Macadamization
Macadamization Mac*ad`am*i*za"tion, n. The process or act of macadamizing.
Macadamize
Macadamize Mac*ad"am*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macadamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.] To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
Macadamized
Macadamize Mac*ad"am*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macadamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.] To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
Macadamizing
Macadamize Mac*ad"am*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macadamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.] To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

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- Macadam is a type of road construction pioneered by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam c. 1820, in which crushed stone is placed in shallow, convex layers...
- Brunswick McAdams Lake, Nova Scotia McAdam, Virginia McAdam, Washington Macadam, a method of road building. MacAdam ellipse, the region of chromaticity...
- tar) to bind the road surface's stones together, "tarmac" (for Tar Macadam.) McAdam was born in Ayr, Scotland. He was the youngest of ten children and...
- In the study of color vision, a MacAdam ellipse is roughly a region on a chromaticity diagram which contains all colors which are indistinguishable, to...
- Henry MacAdam both believe that the inscription is genuine, but attests to a person who simply had the same cognomen as Pontius Pilate. MacAdam argues...
- Schrödinger's work was further developed by David MacAdam and Siegfried Rösch [Wikidata]. MacAdam was the first person to calculate precise coordinates...
- History 3 Ivison Macadam Archives Obituary of Sir Ivison Macadam, The Times, London, 31 December 1974. Medal card of Ivison MacAdam "Page 4172 | Issue...
- The MacAdam Shield-Shovel, also known as the Hughes Shovel, was an item of Canadian infantry equipment during the First World War. It was designed and...
- The Honorable Dr John Macadam (29 May 1827 – 2 September 1865), was a Scottish-Australian chemist, medical teacher, Australian politician and cabinet...
- William Adam MacDonald (born April 26, 1977) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He is known for portraying Josh MacIntosh on the CBC show Being...