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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mo•lar1 /ˈmoʊlɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- DentistryAlso called ˈmo•lar ˌtooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface for grinding.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mo•lar1 (mō′lər),USA pronunciation n. - DentistryAlso called mo′lar 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. See illus. under tooth.
adj. - Dentistryadapted for grinding, as teeth.
- Dentistrypertaining to such teeth.
- Latin molāris grinder, short for (dēns) molāris grinding (tooth), equivalent. to mol(a) millstone + -āris -ar1
- 1535–45
- Physicspertaining to a body of matter as a whole, as contrasted with molecular and atomic.
- Latin mōl(ēs) a mass + -ar1
- 1860–65
- Chemistrypertaining to a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution.
- Chemistrynoting or pertaining to gram-molecular weight.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: molar /ˈməʊlə/ n - any of the 12 broad-faced grinding teeth in man
- a corresponding tooth in other mammals
adj - of, relating to, or designating any of these teeth
- used for or capable of grinding
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin molāris for grinding, from mola millstone molar /ˈməʊlə/ adj - (of a physical quantity) per unit amount of substance: molar volume
- (not recommended in technical usage) (of a solution) containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin mōlēs a mass |