stalagmite
pronunciation
How to pronounce stalagmite in British English:
UK [ˈstæləgmaɪt]
How to pronounce stalagmite in American English:
US [stəˈlægmaɪt]
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- Noun:
- a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
Word Origin
- stalagmite (n.)
- cone-shaped formation of carbonate of lime on the floor of a cave, 1680s, from Modern Latin stalagmites (1650s, Olaus Wormius), from Greek stalagmos "a dropping," or stalagma "a drop, drip, that which drops," from stalassein "to trickle" (see stalactite). Related: Stalagmitic; stalagmitical.
Example
- 1. They are home to the world 's largest stalagmite , standing 105ft ( 32m ) tall .
- 2. Northwest scotland stalagmite data to 3600 bp .
- 3. Not every stalactite has a complementary stalagmite .
- 4. A stalagmite appears like an inverted stalactite .
- 5. A stalagmite is below a stalactite and they both grow , eventually to meet .