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Molar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Chemistry Relating to or designating a solution that contains one mole of solute per liter of solution.

adj. Chemistry Containing one mole of a substance.

adj. Physics Of or relating to a body of matter as a whole, perceived apart from molecular or atomic properties.

n. A tooth with a broad crown used to grind food, located behind the premolars.

adj. Of or relating to the molars.

adj. Capable of grinding.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

adj. Of, or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.

adj. Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.

adj. Of, or relating to a complete body of matter as distinct from its molecular or atomic constituents.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

adj. Being at a concentration having the designated number of moles (of solute) per liter of solvent.

adj. Having power to grind; grinding; ; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth.

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.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Grinding, triturating, or crushing, as distinguished from cutting, piercing, or tearing, as a tooth.

Of or pertaining to a molar or molars: as, molar glands.

In entomology, of or pertaining to a mola: as, a molar space or area.

n. In anatomy, a grinding tooth or grinder; a back tooth; especially, a molar tooth which is not preceded by a milk-molar or milk-tooth: distinguished from premolar, canine, and incisor.

n. In ichthyology, a tooth which has a rounded or convex surface, as in sparoid fishes, or a flat surface, as in the Myliobatidæ.

n. In entomology, one of the thick internal processes with a grinding surface found on the mandibles of many insects, near the base.

Pertaining to a mass or to a body as a whole; acting on or by means of large masses of matter; acting in the aggregate and not in detail; massive: ordinarily used in contrast to molecular.

Relating to or having the characters of a uterine mole: as, molar pregnancy. See mole.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth

n. grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars

adj. containing one mole of a substance

adj. pertaining to large units of behavior

adj. designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution

Word Usage

"On the way back to the interstate, we stopped at a Del's Lemonade truck, but I think I "can has" no more Del's until the cracked molar is fixed."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tooth

Cross Reference

false molar molar death molar height molar force molar glands

Variant

tooth

Hyponym

wisdom tooth premolars true molars

Form

molarity

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

grinding

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

incisor rami cuspid ramus solute