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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun molar has 1 sense
- molar(n = noun.body) grinder - grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars; Array is a kind of tooth
has particulars: wisdom tooth
Derived form adjective molar1
Adjective molar has 4 senses
- molar(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth; "molar teeth" Derived form noun molar1
- molar(a = adj.pert) Array - designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution; Array Derived forms noun molarity1, noun mole1
- molar(a = adj.pert) Array - containing one mole of a substance; "molar weight" Derived forms noun molarity1, noun mole1
- molar(a = adj.all) Array - pertaining to large units of behavior; "such molar problems of personality as the ego functions" Antonym: molecular
CIDE DICTIONARY
molar, a. [L. moles mass.].
Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms. [PJC]
molar, a. [L. moles mass.].
Being at a concentration having the designated number of moles (of solute) per liter of solvent; as, an 0.2 molar solution of sodium chloride in water is close to isotonic. [PJC]
molar, a. [L. molaris, fr. mola mill, fr. molere to grind in a mill. See Mill the machine.].
Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
molar, n.
Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molars which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars , and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars . See Tooth. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
molar, adj. & n.
--adj. (usu. of a mammal's back teeth) serving to grind.
--n. a molar tooth.
--adj. (usu. of a mammal's back teeth) serving to grind.
--n. a molar tooth.
molar, adj.
1 of or relating to mass.
2 acting on or by means of large masses or units.
1 of or relating to mass.
2 acting on or by means of large masses or units.
molar, adj. Chem.
1 of a mass of substance usu. per mole (molar latent heat).
2 (of a solution) containing one mole of solute per litre of solvent.
1 of a mass of substance usu. per mole (molar latent heat).
2 (of a solution) containing one mole of solute per litre of solvent.
Derivative
molarity n.
Etymology
MOLE(4) + -AR(1)
THESAURUS
molar
baby tooth, bicuspid, bucktooth, canine, crown, cuspid, cutter, deciduous tooth, dent, dental, denticle, denticulation, dentiform, dentil, dentition, dentoid, dogtooth, eyetooth, fang, fanged, fore tooth, gagtooth, gang tooth, gold tooth, grinder, incisor, milk tooth, odontoid, peg, permanent tooth, pivot tooth, premolar, scrivello, snag, snaggle-toothed, snaggled, snaggletooth, tooth, toothed, toothlike, toothy, tush, tusk, tusked, wisdom toothROGET THESAURUS
molar
Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).
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