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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sta•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.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sta•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;
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