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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
molar \mo"lar\ (m[=o]"l[~e]r), adjective [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. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
molar \mo"lar\ (m[=o]"l[~e]r or m[=o]"l[aum]r), adjective [L. moles mass.] (Chem.) Being at a concentration having the designated number of moles (of solute) per liter of solvent; as, an 0.2 molar solution of sodium chloride in water is close to isotonic. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Molar \Mo"lar\, adjective [L. molaris, fr. mola mill, fr. molere to grind in a mill. See {Mill} the machine.] Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth. --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Molar \Mo"lar\, noun (Anat.) 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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
molar
adjective
1: designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent [syn: {molal}]
2: of or pertaining to molar teeth; "molar weight"
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 [syn: {molar(a)}] [ant: {molecular(a)}]
noun: grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars [syn: {grinder}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "molar": baby tooth, bicuspid, bucktooth, canine, crown, cuspid, cutter, deciduous tooth, dent, dental, denticle, denticulation, dentiform, dentil, dentition, dentoid, dogtooth, eyetooth, fang, fanged, fore tooth, gagtooth, gang tooth, gold tooth, grinder, incisor, milk tooth, odontoid, peg, permanent tooth, pivot tooth, premolar, scrivello, snag, snaggle-toothed, snaggled, snaggletooth, tooth, toothed, toothlike, toothy, tush, tusk, tusked, wisdom tooth
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