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STALAGMITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stalagmite mean? 

STALAGMITE (noun)
  The noun STALAGMITE has 1 sense:

1. a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone caveplay

  Familiarity information: STALAGMITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STALAGMITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("stalagmite" is a kind of...):

cylinder (a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)

Meronyms (substance of "stalagmite"):

dripstone (the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites)

Holonyms ("stalagmite" is a part of...):

cave (a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea)


 Context examples 


The stalagmites were found to be more sensitive to changes through winter rainfall than summer monsoon.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

The stalagmite data was compared with recorded information on rainfall in northeast India and other aspects of climate worldwide.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

Stalagmites in a remote cave in northeast India hold climate secrets that can help predict rainfall patterns, floods and droughts in the sub-continent.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

Researchers examined the last 50 years’ growth of a stalagmite in the Mawmluh cave of India’s Meghalaya state.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

Young stalagmite material built up quickly, enabling the study of rainfall patterns over the last 50 years.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

“In this stalagmite, we interpret an increase in winter rainfall that coincided with an observed change in sea surface temperature patterns in the North Pacific Ocean,” says Ronay.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

Stalagmites are cave pillars made largely of calcium carbonate or limestone, in association with trace elements such as magnesium, that is precipitated by rainwater.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

As a stalagmite grows, it records the chemistry of the water that has percolated from the surface to the cave (ceiling) and which ultimately drips on to the stalagmite, says Elli Ronay, study researcher from the department of earth and environmental sciences, Vanderbilt University, US.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)



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