molar
pronunciation
How to pronounce molar in British English:
UK [ˈməʊlə(r)]
How to pronounce molar in American English:
US [ˈmoʊlər]
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- Noun:
- grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
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- Adjective:
- designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent
- of or pertaining to molar teeth
- containing one mole of a substance
- pertaining to large units of behavior
Word Origin
- molar
- molar: see mill
- molar (n.)
- "grinding tooth," mid-14c., from Latin molaris dens "grinding tooth," from mola "millstone," from PIE root *mel- "to rub, grind" (see mill (n.1)). As an adjective in this sense from 1620s. In Old English they were cweornteð "quern-teeth."
- molar (adj.)
- in chemistry, "pertaining to one mole," 1902, from mole (4) + -ar.
Example
- 1. The root canal therapy of maxillary third molar .
- 2. The mensuration of molar mass of organic acid .
- 3. A couple of days later near the same spot , fossil hunter alemayehu asfaw found a piece of a child 's jaw with a first molar tooth .
- 4. Three root canals of mesial root at lower first molar : two cases report .
- 5. The fused tooth of maxillary third molar with supernumerary tooth : a case report .