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1. (n.) molar
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of 12 in humans, with 3 on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
2. (adj.) molar
adapted for grinding, as teeth.
3. molar
pertaining to such teeth.
4. (adj.) molar
pertaining to a body of matter as a whole, as contrasted with molecular and atomic.
5. (adj.) molar
describing a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution.
Etymology: (1860–65)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) molar, grinder
grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
2. (adj) molar
of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth
"molar teeth"
3. (adj) molar
designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution
4. (adj) molar
containing one mole of a substance
"molar weight"
5. (adj) molar(a)
pertaining to large units of behavior
"such molar problems of personality as the ego functions"--R.R. Hunt
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Molar
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. (adj) Molar
having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth
3. (noun) Molar
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
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Molar
The most posterior teeth on either side of the jaw, totaling eight in the deciduous dentition (2 on each side, upper and lower), and usually 12 in the permanent dentition (three on each side, upper and lower). They are grinding teeth, having large crowns and broad chewing surfaces. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p821)
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Sense: a back tooth which is used for grinding food.
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 Afrikaans: kiestand |
 Arabic: ضِرْس، طاحِنَه |
 Bulgarian: кътник |
 Brazilian: molar |
 Czech: stolička |
 German: der Backenzahn |
 Danish: kindtand |
 Greek: τραπεζίτης (δόντι) |
 Spanish: molar, muela |
 Estonian: purihammas |
 Farsi: دندان اسیاب |
 Finnish: poskihammas |
 French: molaire |
 Hebrew: שֵׁן טוֹחֶנֶת |
 Hindi: दाढ़ |
 Croatian: zub kutnjak |
 Hungarian: őrlőfog |
 Indonesian: geraham |
 Icelandic: jaxl |
 Italian: molare |
 Japanese: 臼歯 |
 Korean: 어금니 |
 Lithuanian: krūminis dantis |
 Latvian: dzeroklis |
 Malay: molar |
 Dutch: kies |
 Norwegian: jeksel |
 Polish: (ząb) trzonowy |
 Persian: دندان اسیاب |
 Pashto: د آسياب غاښونه |
 Portuguese: molar |
 Romanian: molar |
 Russian: моляр, коренной зуб |
 Slovak: stolička |
 Slovenian: kočnik |
 Serbian: kutnjak |
 Swedish: oxeltand, kindtand |
 Thai: ฟันกราม |
 Turkish: azı dişi |
 Taiwanese: 臼齒 |
 Ukrainian: кутній зуб |
 Urdu: داڑھ |
 Vietnamese: răng hàm |
 Chinese: 臼齿 |
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