Molar

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  molar
       adj 1: designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000
              grams of solvent [syn: {molal}]
       2: of or pertaining to molar teeth; "molar weight"
       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 [syn: {molar(a)}]
          [ant: {molecular(a)}]
       n : grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the
           premolars [syn: {grinder}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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