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1. (n.) stalactite
a deposit, usu. 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.
Etymology: (1670–80; < NL stalactites < Gk stalakt(ós) dripping (v. adj. of stalássein to drip) + NL -ites -ite1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) stalactite
a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) stalactite
a pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks
2. (noun) stalactite
in an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. stalactite
a cone of carbonate of lime attached like an icicle to the roof of a cavern, and formed by the dripping of water charged with the carbonate from the rock above; Stalagmite being the name given to the cone formed on the floor by the dripping from a stalactite above.
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Sense: a spike of limestone hanging from the roof of a cave etc formed by the dripping of water containing lime.
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 Afrikaans: stalaktiet |
 Arabic: هَابِطه:عَمود من تَرَسُّب |
 Bulgarian: сталактит |
 Brazilian: estalactite |
 Czech: stalaktit |
 German: der Stalaktit |
 Danish: stalaktit |
 Greek: σταλακτίτης |
 Estonian: stalaktiit |
 Farsi: استالاكتيت |
 Finnish: tippukivipuikko |
 French: stalactite |
 Hebrew: נְטִיף |
 Hindi: आरोही निक्षेप |
 Croatian: stalaktit, siga na stropu |
 Hungarian: függő cseppkő |
 Indonesian: stalaktit |
 Icelandic: dropasteinn |
 Italian: stalattite |
 Japanese: しょう乳石 |
 Korean: 종유석 |
 Lithuanian: stalaktitas |
 Latvian: stalaktīts |
 Malay: stalaktit |
 Dutch: stalactiet |
 Norwegian: (hengende) dryppstein |
 Polish: stalaktyt |
 Portuguese: estalactite |
 Romanian: stalactită |
 Russian: сталактит |
 Slovak: stalaktit |
 Slovenian: stalaktit |
 Serbian: stalaktit |
 Swedish: stalaktit |
 Thai: หินย้อย |
 Turkish: sarkıt |
 Taiwanese: 鐘乳石 |
 Ukrainian: сталактит |
 Urdu: کاربونیٹ آف لاءم کا تہ ن |
 Vietnamese: chuông đá |
 Chinese: 钟乳石 |
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