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| 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. |
| 2. | adapted for grinding, as teeth. |
| 3. | pertaining to such teeth. |
[Origin: 1535–45; < L molāris grinder, short for (déns) molāris grinding (tooth), equiv. to mol(a) millstone + -āris -ar1]
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Molar
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| Physics. pertaining to a body of matter as a whole, as contrasted with molecular and atomic. |
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| 1. | pertaining to a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution. |
| 2. | noting or pertaining to gram-molecular weight. |
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| mo·lar 1
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adj.
[From mole5.] |
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| mo·lar 2
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n. A tooth with a broad crown used to grind food, located behind the premolars. adj.
[From Middle English molares, molars, from Latin molāris, belonging to a mill, grinder, molar, from mola, millstone; see melə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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molar
"grinding tooth," 1541, from L. molaris dens "grinding tooth," from mola "millstone," from PIE base *mel- "to rub, grind" (see mill (1)).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| molar | |
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| 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] |
noun | |
| 1. | grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
molar [ˈməulə] noun
a back tooth which is used for grinding food
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| molar 1
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| molar 2
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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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Molar
Im"mo*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Immolating.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal; pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also, mill. See Molar, Meal ground grain.] To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim. Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of women. --Boyle.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Molar
Meal\, n. [OE. mele, AS. melu, melo; akin to D. meel, G. mehl, OHG. melo, Icel. mj["o]l, SW. mj["o]l, Dan. meel, also to D. malen to grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan, Icel. mala, W. malu, L. molere, Gr. my`lh mill, and E. mill. [root]108. Cf. Mill, Mold soil, Mole an animal, Immolate, Molar.]1. Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse. 2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated. Meal beetle (Zo["o]l.), the adult of the meal worm. See Meal worm, below. Meal moth (Zo["o]l.), a lepidopterous insect (Asopia farinalis), the larv[ae] of which feed upon meal, flour, etc. Meal worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a beetle (Tenebrio molitor) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Molar
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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