intratelluric, a. Geol.
(-tɛˈl(j)ʊərɪk)
[f. intra- 1 + L. tellus, tellūr-em earth (cf. telluric).
Anglicized immediately from Ger. intratellurisch, Rosenbusch Mikrosk. Physiogr. Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 8.]
Occurring, taking place, or formed in the interior of the earth; hypogene; intratelluric period, a period or stage of crystallization, etc., passed under the surface of the earth.
| 1889 Nature 17 Jan. 273/2 After their slow development in the magma during an intra-telluric period. |