Pavement
Encyclopedia
Pavement may refer to:
- Road surface, the durable surfacing of roads and walkways
- SidewalkSidewalkA sidewalk, or pavement, footpath, footway, and sometimes platform, is a path along the side of a road. A sidewalk may accommodate moderate changes in grade and is normally separated from the vehicular section by a curb...
, a walkway along the side of a road, in British English or Philadelphia/Baltimore dialect - Pavement (architecture)Pavement (architecture)A pavement in architecture is a stone or tile structure, the pavement, which can serve as a floor or an external feature. Pavements can be made of flagstones which are used for things like paving gardens, tiles also there were mosaics which were commonly used by the Romans.When along the side of...
, a floor-like stone or tile structure - Portuguese pavementPortuguese pavementPortuguese pavement , is a traditional style pavement used for many pedestrian areas in Portugal, it can also be found in Olivenza , and throughout the old Portuguese colonies such as Brazil and Macau...
, the traditional paving used in most pedestrian areas in Portugal ("Calçada Portuguesa" in Portuguese) - Limestone pavementLimestone pavementA limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement. The term is mainly used in the UK where many of these landforms have developed distinctive surface patterning resembling block of paving...
, a naturally occurring landform that resembles an artificial pavement - Desert pavementDesert pavementA desert pavement is a desert surface that is covered with closely packed, interlocking angular or rounded rock fragments of pebble and cobble size.-Formation:Several theories have been proposed for their formation...
, a desert ground surface covered with closely packed rock fragments of pebble and cobble size - Tessellated pavementTessellated pavementA tessellated pavement is a rare erosional feature formed in flat sedimentary rock formations lying on some ocean shores. The pavement bears this name because the rock has fractured into polygonal blocks that resemble tiles, or tessellations...
, a rare sedimentary rock formation that occurs on some ocean shores
Popular culture
- Pavement (band)Pavement (band)Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
, an indie rock band from Stockton, California - Pavement (magazine)Pavement (magazine)Pavement was a New Zealand youth culture magazine published bimonthly, and then quarterly, by Bernard McDonald and Glenn Hunt from 1993 to 2006....
, a youth culture magazine, published in New Zealand by Bernard McDonald and Glenn Hunt - Pavement Music, a record label
See also
- Pave (disambiguation)
- PAVEPAVEThe codeword PAVE is a U.S. Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems. Use of the prefix identifier is sometimes thought to be an acronym, but the various acronyms proposed do not fit with the wide range of programs it is used to identify...
, a United States military electronic system program