stalagmite
/stuh-lag-mahyt, stal-uhg-mahyt/US // stəˈlæg maɪt, ˈstæl əgˌmaɪt //UK // (ˈstæləɡˌmaɪt) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : 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.
Examples
These were frequently buried beneath deposits of stalagmite and other materials that must have taken a long time to accumulate.
Stalagmite with a few bones and antlers of reindeer, the thickness varying from one to fifteen inches.
The evidences from peat bogs, stalagmite formations, stone, iron and bronze tools are all now considered unreliable by scientists.
Slow water fell drop by drop from the point of the stalactite upon the point of the stalagmite.
This stalagmite is much deeper in colour and less translucent than the onyx marbles of Algeria and Mexico.
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