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intratelluric
intratelluric definition
intra·tel·lu·ric (-te lo̵or′ik)
adjective
- 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
- designating or of the period of crystallization of a magma before extrusion as a lava
Etymology: intra- + telluric, modeled on Ger intratellurisch
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