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intratelluric definition

intra·tel·lu·ric (-te lo̵orik)

adjective

  1. formed, located, or occurring deep inside the earth: used esp. to refer to the minerals of igneous rocks before eruption or to phenocrysts formed before the ground mass solidified
  2. designating or of the period of crystallization of a magma before extrusion as a lava

Etymology: intra- + telluric, modeled on Ger intratellurisch

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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