1) Cave deposit 2) Cave growth 3) Cavern-floor buildup 4) Cylinder 5) Limestone cave formation
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1) Lining
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A stalagmite (t or t; from the Greek σταλαγμίτης - stalagmitês, from σταλαγμίας - stalagmias, `dropping, trickling`) is a type of rock formation that rises from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings. Stalagmites may be composed of amberat, lava, minerals, mud, .....
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• (n.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.
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(from the article `stalactite and stalagmite`) elongated forms of various minerals deposited from solution by slowly dripping water. A stalactite hangs like an icicle from the ceiling or sides of ... ...National Park. After the sea evaporated, the constant dripping of acidic groundwater carved out the massive underground chambers, conv...
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A speleothem projecting vertically upwards from a cave floor and formed by precipitation from drips, often found directly under a stalactite.
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A cone-shaped mineral deposit that forms on the floor of a cave and is usually made up of travertine, which precipitates as water rich in dissolved limestone drips down from the cave's ceiling. See also stalactite.
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A calcite formation growing upwards from a cave floor.
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Sta·lag'mite noun [ Greek ... that which drops, a drop, from ... to drop; confer French
stalagmite .]
(Geol.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.
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A conical deposit of drips tone built up from a cave floor.
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A stalagmite is a column of calcium carbonate rising from the floor of a cave, formed by water containing the mineral falling from the roof or from a stalactite.
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n] - a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
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stalagmite 1. A conical pillar in a limestone cave that is gradually built upward from the floor as a deposit from ground water seeping mineral-rich water through and dripping from the cave's roof. 2. An incrustation or deposit, more or less like an inverted stalactite, on the floor of a cavern, formed by the dropping from the roof of some calcite ...
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deposit of calcium carbonate that piles up on the floor of a cave
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a roughly conical shaped speleothem that rises from the floor of a cave.
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noun a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
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A post of dripstone growing up from a cave floor.
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a 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
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