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MOLAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
Synonyms:
grinder; molar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("molar" is a kind of...):
tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "molar"):
wisdom tooth (any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21))
Derivation:
molar (of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to large units of behavior
Example:
such molar problems of personality as the ego functions
Classified under:
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Antonym:
molecular (relating to simple or elementary organization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Containing one mole of a substance
Example:
molar weight
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mole (the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)
Derivation:
molarity (concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution)
mole (the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mole (the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)
Derivation:
molarity (concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution)
mole (the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth
Example:
molar teeth
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
molar (grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars)
Derivation:
molar (grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars)
Context examples:
A unit of osmotic pressure equal to one thousandth of osmole or osmotic pressure of 0.001 molar solution of a substance that does not dissociate.
(Milliosmole, NCI Thesaurus)
Any of the molars located in the mandible.
(Lower Jaw Molar, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of osmotic pressure equal to one millionth of an osmole or the osmotic pressure of a 10E-6 molar solution of a substance that does not dissociate.
(Microosmole, NCI Thesaurus)
A SI unit of molar entropy used also as a unit of molar heat capacity.
(Joule per Mole-Kelvin, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally available antimetabolite composed of the 1-ethoxymethyl derivative of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD) inhibitor 3-cyano-2,6-dihydroxypyridine (CNDP) in a 1:1 molar ratio, with antineoplastic activity.
(Emitefur, NCI Thesaurus)
A tooth rostral to true molars and behind the canine when the latter are present.
(Bicuspid Tooth, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
One of the two permanent teeth located in front of the molars and behind each cuspid.
(Bicuspid Tooth, NCI Thesaurus)
A SI derived unit of molar thermodynamic energy defined as the energy equal to one joule in one mole of substance.
(Joule per Mole, NCI Thesaurus)
DOTAP:cholesterol liposome is composed of cationic lipid dioleoyl-trimethylammonium propane (DOTAP) and cholesterol at a molar ratio of 1:1.
(DOTAP:Cholesterol-Fus1 Liposome Complex, NCI Thesaurus)
Lispro insulin is equipotent to human insulin on a molar basis but its effects are faster and of shorter duration.
(Insulin Lispro, NCI Thesaurus)
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