1.
[syn: molar, grinder]
ADJECTIVE (4)
1. of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth;
- Example: "molar teeth"
2. designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution;
3. containing one mole of a substance;
- Example: "molar weight"
4. pertaining to large units of behavior;
- Example: "such molar problems of personality as the ego functions"--R.R. Hunt
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Molar \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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Molar \Mo"lar\, n. (Anat.)
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
molar \mo"lar\ (m[=o]"l[~e]r), 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.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
molar \mo"lar\ (m[=o]"l[~e]r or m[=o]"l[aum]r), a. [L. moles
mass.] (Chem.)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
molar
adj 1: of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a
mammal's mouth; "molar teeth"
2: designating a solution containing one mole of solute per
liter of solution
3: containing one mole of a substance; "molar weight"
4: pertaining to large units of behavior; "such molar problems
of personality as the ego functions"--R.R. Hunt [ant:
molecular(a)]
n 1: grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the
premolars [syn: molar, grinder]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 tooth