Definition of Molar

1. Noun. Grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars.

Exact synonyms: Grinder
Generic synonyms: Tooth
Specialized synonyms: Wisdom Tooth
Derivative terms: Grind

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth. "Molar teeth"

3. Adjective. Designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution.
Derivative terms: Molarity, Mole
Partainyms: Mole

4. Adjective. Containing one mole of a substance. "Molar weight"
Derivative terms: Molarity, Mole
Partainyms: Mole

5. Adjective. Pertaining to large units of behavior. "Such molar problems of personality as the ego functions"
Category relationships: Psychological Science, Psychology
Antonyms: Molecular

Definition of Molar

1. a. Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

2. a. Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth.

3. n. 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.

Definition of Molar

1. Noun. A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding. ¹

3. Adjective. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution. ¹

4. Adjective. (physics) Of, or relating to a complete body of matter as distinct from its molecular or atomic constituents. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Molar

1. a grinding tooth [n -S]

Medical Definition of Molar

1. Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms. Origin: L. Moles mass. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Molar

mokihi
mokihis
mokis
moko
mokoro
mokos
moksa
moky
mol
mol wt
mola
molal
molal concentration
molalities
molality
molar (current term)
molar(a)
molar absorbancy index
molar absorption coefficient
molar absorptivity
molar behaviour
molar concentration
molar extinction coefficient
molar glands
molar heat capacity
molar pregnancy
molar solution
molar tooth
molariform

Literary usage of Molar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"Diameters of crown of last superior molar: anteroposterior .014; ... There is a tubercle between the posterior pair of the first inferior true molar. ..."

2. Annual Report (1873)
"The posterior-inferior molar supports live transverse series of tubercles, ... The penultimate molar in the same jaw supports three transverso series. ..."

3. Fossil Elephantoids: from the Hominid-Bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash by Jon Kalb (2007)
"... to mid-molar were probably present on unworn molar. Specimen KE 21 (reversed drawing in Fig. 10K) (may be same individual as Fig. ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The molar Teeth (denies molares) are the largest of the permanent set, ... Each upper molar has three roots, and of these two are buccal and nearly parallel ..."

5. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1891)
"The simplest modification of thia type of molar is to be found in the little Hyracotherium of the Fio. 1.—Left upper premolar and molar teeth of ..."

6. Practical Physical Chemistry by Alexander Findlay (1920)
"CHAPTER VII molar WEIGHT OF SUBSTANCES IN SOLUTION IN Chapter III. we learned how the molar weight of a substance in the gaseous state could be determined; ..."

7. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1859)
"and was implanted Almost directly backward in the ascending border of the ramus, above the level of the heel of the sectorial molar. ..."

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