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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sta•lac•tite /stəˈlæktaɪt, ˈstæləkˌtaɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geologya deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of water.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sta•lac•tite (stə lak′tīt, stal′ək tīt′),USA pronunciation n. - Geologya deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- Greek stalakt(ós) dripping (stalag-, stem of stalássein to drip + -tos verbid suffix) + Neo-Latin -ites -ite1
- Neo-Latin stalactites
- 1670–80;
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