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Molar has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars

2

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

3

A unit of concentration equal to one mole per litre.

Adjective
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"

5

Of or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.

6

Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.

Example Sentences
"molar teeth" adjective
"molar weight" adjective
"such molar problems of personality as the ego functions" adjective
See Also
nanomolar interfirst metacone taurodontism ectoflexus loph molecular carnassial
Related Terms
Antonyms
molecular
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
tooth
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
wisdom tooth

Origin

The word molar comes from the Latin term molāris, which originally meant "millstone." It entered the English language through Middle English with this same meaning.

Rhyming Words
alar elar hilar tolar salar bolar talar folar valar sylar filar selar solar velar kolar mylar vilar urlar polar volar
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