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sta·lag·mite

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–noun

a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.

[Origin: 1675–85; < NL stalagmites < Gk stálagm(a) a drop (stalag-, s. of stalássein to drip + -ma n. suffix of result) + NL -ites -ite¹

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stal·ag·mit·ic

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g-mit-ik] Pronunciation Key, stal·ag·mit·i·cal, adjective

stal·ag·mit·i·cal·ly, adverb

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sta·lag·mite Audio Help (stə-lāg'mīt', stāl'əg-) Pronunciation Key
n. A conical mineral deposit, usually calcite or aragonite, built up on the floor of a cavern, formed from the dripping of mineral-rich water.

[New Latin stalagmītēs, a drop, from Greek stalagma, a drop, or stalagmos, dropping, both from stalassein, stalak-, to drip.]

stal'ag·mit'ic (stāl'əg-mĭt'ĭk, stə-lāg'-) adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
stalagmite

1681, from Mod.L. stalagmites (Olaus Wormius), from Gk. stalagmos "a dropping," or stalagma "a drop, drip," from stalassein "to trickle" (see stalactite).

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stalagmite
noun
a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave

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stalagmite [ˈstӕləgmait, (American) stəˈlӕgmait] noun

a spike of limestone rising from the floor of a cave, formed by water dripping from the roof

Arabic:	صاعِدَه:عَمود من تَرَسُّبات الكالسيوم صاعِد من أرْض ال
Chinese (Simplified):	石笋
Chinese (Traditional):	石筍
Czech:	stalagmit
Danish:	stalagmit
Dutch:	stalagmiet
Estonian:	stalagmiit
Finnish:	tippukivipylväs
French:	stalagmite
German:	der Stalagmit
Greek:	σταλαγμίτης
Hungarian:	álló cseppkő
Icelandic:	dropasteinskerti
Indonesian:	stalagmit
Italian:	stalagmite

Japanese:	石じゅん
Korean:	석순
Latvian:	stalagmīts
Lithuanian:	stalagmitas
Norwegian:	(stående) dryppstein
Polish:	stalagmit
Portuguese (Brazil):	estalagmite
Portuguese (Portugal):	estalagmite
Romanian:	stalagmită
Russian:	сталагмит
Slovak:	stalagmit
Slovenian:	stalagmit
Swedish:	stalagmit
Turkish:	dikit

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stalagmite Audio Help (stə-lāg'mīt') Pronunciation Key
A cylindrical or conical mineral deposit, similar to a stalactite but built up from the floor of a cave or cavern. Stalagmites are typically broader than stalactites. The two formations are often, but not always, paired, and they sometimes join at a midpoint to form a pillar. Compare stalactite.

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Stalagmite

Sta*lag"mite\, n. [Gr. ? that which drops, a drop, fr. ? to drop; cf. F. stalagmite.] (Geol.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.

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