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molar

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[moh-ler]
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noun
  1. Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
adjective
  1. adapted for grinding, as teeth.
  2. pertaining to such teeth.

Origin of molar

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1535–45; < Latin molāris grinder, short for (dēns) molāris grinding (tooth), equivalent to mol(a) millstone + -āris -ar1

molar

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[moh-ler]
adjective
  1. Physics. pertaining to a body of matter as a whole, as contrasted with molecular and atomic.

Origin of molar

2
1860–65; < Latin mōl(ēs) a mass + -ar1

molar

3
[moh-ler]
adjective Chemistry.
  1. pertaining to a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution.
  2. noting or pertaining to gram-molecular weight.

Origin of molar

3
First recorded in 1860–65; mole4 + -ar1
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Related Words for molar

ivory, snag, tush, tusk, molar, premolar, fang, cuspid, bicuspid, incisor, eyetooth, dicer, mincer, axe, point, canine, tine, dent, grinder, serration

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British Dictionary definitions for molar

molar

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noun
  1. any of the 12 broad-faced grinding teeth in man
  2. a corresponding tooth in other mammals
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or designating any of these teeth
  2. used for or capable of grinding

Word Origin for molar

C16: from Latin molāris for grinding, from mola millstone

molar

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adjective
  1. (of a physical quantity) per unit amount of substancemolar volume
  2. (not recommended in technical usage) (of a solution) containing one mole of solute per litre of solution

Word Origin for molar

C19: from Latin mōlēs a mass
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Word Origin and History for molar
n.

"grinding tooth," mid-14c., from Latin molaris dens "grinding tooth," from mola "millstone," from PIE root *mel- "to rub, grind" (see mill (n.1)). As an adjective in this sense from 1620s. In Old English they were cweornteð "quern-teeth."

adj.

in chemistry, "pertaining to one mole," 1902, from mole (4) + -ar.

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molar in Science

molar

1
[mō′lər]
Chemistry
  1. Relating to a mole.
  2. Containing one mole of solute per liter of solution.

molar

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[mō′lər]
  1. Any of the teeth located toward the back of the jaws, having broad crowns for grinding food. Adult humans have 12 molars.
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