stalagmiteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From New Latin stalagmitēs, from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”) or σταλαγμός (stalagmós, “dripping”).

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /stəˈlæɡˌmaɪt/
• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈstæl.əɡˌmaɪt/

名詞

stalagmite (plural stalagmites)

1. (geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.

   Coordinate term: stalactite

   • 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXIII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC:

     In one place, near at hand, a stalagmite had been slowly growing up from the ground for ages, builded by the water-drip from a stalactite overhead.

   • 1981, Kalu Uka, A Consummation of Fire: A Novel, page 9:

     Molten roofing north, lead dripping down south, stand like those immobilized columns of arctic water west, stalagmites, monked and housed or stamped and dudleyed east, in school texts.

派生語

• stalagmitic
• stalagmitical
• stalagmitically

参考

• speleothem
• calthemite