Meaning of MOLAR
| Pronunciation: | | 'mowlur
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- [n] grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
- [adj] containing one mole of a substance; "molar weight"
- [adj] designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent
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| | Synonyms: | | grinder, molal |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mo"lar\, a. [L. moles mass.] (Mech.)
Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the
properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those
of molecules or atoms. --Carpenter.
\Mo"lar\, 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.
\Mo"lar\, n. (Anat.)
Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The
molar 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}.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, snaggled, snaggletooth, snaggle-toothed, tooth, toothed, toothlike, toothy, tush, tusk, tusked, wisdom tooth |
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