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sta·lag·mite    Audio Help   [stuh-lag-mahyt, stal-uhg-mahyt] Pronunciation Key
–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]

stal·ag·mit·ic    Audio Help   [stal-uhg-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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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