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STALACTITE [8 records]

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Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Speleology
DEF

... a fragile, thin walled tube, normally of calcite, which is the diameter of the drops of water that hang from its end and continue its growth.

CONT

Soda straw stalactites form along a drop of water and continue growing down from the cave ceiling forming a tubular stalactite, which resembles a drinking straw in appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Spéléologie
OBS

Dans maintes grottes [...], on observe de très fines stalactites nommées «macaronis» à cause de leur forme; ce sont des tubes fins et fragiles parcourus par de l'eau qui suinte du plafond et s'écoule goutte à goutte par leur extrémité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

Where the brine drainage channel emerges from the ice sheet, a hollow tube of ice can grow out from the ice sheet base, known as an ice stalactite …

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Industry
  • Glass Manufacturing
DEF

A siliceous stalactite caused by drips from the crown.

OBS

silicicle: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1992.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du verre
  • Fabrication du verre
DEF

Stalactite siliceuse causée par un gouttage de voûte.

OBS

stalactite de silice : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1992.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Speleology
CONT

Soda straw stalactites form along a drop of water and continue growing down from the cave ceiling forming a tubular stalactite, which resembles a drinking straw in appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Spéléologie

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Speleology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A protuberance of limestone on the roof of a cave.

OBS

Although resembling a stalactite, it is formed from the differential solution of the surrounding bedrock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Spéléologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Fragment de roche calcaire épargné par l'érosion, parfois en forme de lame entre deux rainures et situé à la voûte d'une caverne [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Speleology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A columnar deposit formed by the union of a stalactite with its complementary stalagmite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Spéléologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Concrétion joignant la voûte au sol d'une grotte et résultant le plus souvent de la jonction d'une stalagmite et d'une stalactite.

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Speleology
DEF

A columnar concretion ascending from the floor of a cave.

OBS

It is formed from the re-precipitation of carbonate in calcite form perpendicularly beneath a constant source of groundwater that drips off the lower tip of a stalactite or percolates through the roof of a cave in a karst environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Spéléologie
DEF

Dépôt de calcite qui s'élève à partir du plancher de la grotte, en raison des eaux d'infiltration dans les roches carbonatées qui tombent au goutte à goutte sur le plancher.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Espeleología
DEF

Concreción calcárea que se forma en el suelo, con crecimiento hacia arriba por precipitación de carbonato cálcico.

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Record 8 2000-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Floors and Ceilings
DEF

Stalactite-or honeycomb-like units used as a decorative device in islamic architecture.

DEF

Stalactite composition used in transition from polygon to circle.

CONT

Muqarnas is a sort of stalactite work, and an original Islamic design involving combinations of three-dimensional shapes, corbeling, etc....

CONT

... ’Muqarnas’ the stalactite-like elements so popular in the Islamic architecture.

OBS

See also "stalactite"(in the architectural field), which is a more general term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Planchers et plafonds
DEF

Dans l'architecture islamique, éléments en forme de stalactites ou de nids d'abeilles, destinés à l'origine à répartir les poussées des voûtes et, singulièrement, à faire passer du plan carré de la salle au plan circulaire de la coupole.

Spanish

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