stalagmite

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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈstæləgmaɪt/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/stəˈlægmaɪt, ˈstæləgˌmaɪt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(stə lag′mīt, stal′əg mīt′)

sta•lag•mite /stəˈlægmaɪt, ˈstæləgˌmaɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Geologya deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, resembling an upside-down stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of water.

sta•lag•mite (stə lag′mīt, stal′əg mīt′),USA pronunciation n.

Geologya 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. See illus. under stalactite.

Greek stálagm(a) a drop (stalag-, stem of stalássein to drip + -ma noun, nominal suffix of result) + Neo-Latin -ites -ite¹
Neo-Latin stalagmites
1675–85;

stal′ag•mit′i•cal•ly, adv.

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stalagmite /ˈstæləɡˌmaɪt/ n

a cylindrical mass of calcium carbonate projecting upwards from the floor of a limestone cave: formed by precipitation from continually dripping water
Compare stalactite

Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin stalagmites, from Greek stalagmos dripping; related to Greek stalassein to drip; compare stalactitestalagmitic /ˌstæləɡˈmɪtɪk/, ˌstalagˈmitical adj

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stalactite

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