Comments on: Stalagmite or Stalagtite?

By: Mrs. A. Dey

Mrs. A. Dey — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:44:56 +0000

stalagTites are from Top. The reverse is Stalagmites (are from ground).

By: aranhil

aranhil — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:25:26 +0000

a simplier method is to sort them alphabeticaly
you’ll get stalactites are up and talagmites are down

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:00:46 +0000

another great way to remember these, thanks Naadya

By: Naadya

Naadya — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:58:24 +0000

I live in the Netherlands, and here they’re called:
Stalactieten (stalactites)
&
Stalacmieten (stalacmites)

I used to remember which was which like this:
(stalac) ‘tieten’
‘tieten’ is Dutch for boobs, boobs might hang down.
Conclusion: Stalactieten (stalactites) are hanging down.

Bye ^^

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:27:34 +0000

Very clever, thanks Wim.

I certainly wont forget that way!

By: wim

wim — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:17:59 +0000

how about this, instead of overly complicating everything; stalagtites have TITs in them, and tits hang down. voila, all your work obliterated. tssss. always keep it simple.

By: Chian

Chian — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:37:54 +0000

We learned it as
“SOH-CAH-TOA”

((
sin = opp/hyp
cos = adj/hyp
tan = opp/hyp
))

Reminds me of a Native American name kind of… Chief Sohcahtoa.