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Definition: Stalagmite |
StalagmiteNoun1. A cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stalagmite" was first used: 1681. (references) |
Etymology: Stalagmite \Sta*lag"mite\, noun. [Greek expression that which drops, drop, from to drop; compare to French stalagmite.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Geological | A mineral deposit (speleothem) which projects upwards from a cave floor. See stalactite. (references) |
Mining | A conical or cylindrical mineral deposit that is developed upward from the floor of a cave by the action of dripping water. See also:stalactiteSyn:dropping stones. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A stalagmite is a deposit of calcium carbonate which rises from the floor of a limestone cave and is formed by the dripping of mineralized solutions. The corresponding formation on the ceiling above a stalagmite is known as a stalactite. The term "stalagmite" is derived from the Greek meaning that which drops; "stalactite," from the Greek meaning to fall in drops.
To remember which hangs from the ceiling (stalactite) and which comes up from the floor (stalagmite) think of:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stalagmite."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lining | Noun: lining, inner coating; coating; (covering); stalactite, stalagmite. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Stalagmite |
| Non-English Usage: "Stalagmite" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (stalagmite), Italian (stalagmite). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | PHANTOM 300 guided by diver records a stalagmite in a cave in the Bahamas. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Stalagmite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stalagmite" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stalagmite | 19 |
picture stalagmite | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stalagmite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | stalagmit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حليمات سفلى, صواعد, رواسب كلسية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сталагмит. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | stalagmit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tippukivi (stalactite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stalagmite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tropfstein (dripstone, stalactite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σταλακτίτησ (stalactite), σταλαγμίτησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אבן טפין תחתית, טיף תחתי, טוף צב. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sztalagmit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stalagmite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 石筍 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せきじゅ" (seating order). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cainle eayil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alagmitestay estalagmite. (various references) stalagmitã. (various references) сталагмит. (various references) stalagmit. (various references) estalagmita. (various references) stalagmit, droppsten (dripstone, stalactite). (various references) stalagmit. (various references) сталагміт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | stalagmos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stalagmite": stalagmites. (additional references) | |
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"Stalagmite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: stalacmite, stalagkite, stalagtite, stlagmite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stalagmite" (pronounced 'Sta*lag"mite'): Ammite, Bismite, Chromite, gummite, Ophthalmite, osmite, Palmite, Pandermite, Podophthalmite, Protosomite, Psammite, samite, Sclerodermite, somite, termite, Zamite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-l-m-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: tailgates. | |
-2 letters: agitates, almagest, maltiest, metalist, sagittal, semigala, smaltite, stigmata, tailgate. | |
-3 letters: agitate, aiglets, etatism, gamiest, gestalt, gimlets, ligates, malaise, malates, maltase, milages, satiate, sigmate, stigmal, tamales, tatamis. | |
-4 letters: agates, ageism, ageist, agleam, aglets, aiglet, alates, amigas, emails, galeas, gamest, gaslit, gelati, gimels, gimlet, gleams, glimes, images, lamest, lamiae, lamias, latest, lattes, legist, legits. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-i-l-m-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: stalagmites, stalemating. | |
+4 letters: multimegawatts, paleomagnetist. | |
+5 letters: hemagglutinates, paleomagnetists. | |
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