Stalactitic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Stalactitic is an adjective meaning Consisting of or resembling stalactites.
Meaning
Consisting of or resembling stalactites.
Example Sentences
From this point both the landscape and the rocky cauldron are visible, and the latter is seen to be the remainder of a stalactitic cavern, the roof of which has fallen in.
In this manner, much as in the case of the growth of stalactitic matter between the blocks of stone in the roofs of a cavern, large fragments of rock, known as "horses," are often pushed out into the body of the vein.
Dr. MacCulloch describes calcareous concretions, found in banks of sand in Perthshire, which present a great variety of stalactitic forms, generally more or less complicated, and often exceedingly intricate and strange […].
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stalactitical, stalactiform, stalagmitical, stalagmitic, staurolitic, steatitic.
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