molar

Meanings

• Noun

  A large grinding tooth in the back of the mouth, especially in humans and certain animals.

  - "The molar is the largest tooth in the human mouth."
  - "Children often lose their first molars around the age of six."

• Noun

  A unit of measurement for the amount of a substance that has a mass of exactly 250 grams.

  - "One mole of a substance contains 6.022 x 10^23 particles."
  - "The molar mass of water is approximately 18.015 g/mol."

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Synonyms

cheektooth , grinder , wangtooth

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with molar
bowler , roller , shoulder , much slower

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Variants

List of all variants of molar that leads to same result
molar , molars , molarities , molarity

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Etymology

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Old French molier, from molle, soft; akin to molle, soft, from Latin mollis, soft.

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Trivia

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1. Human adults typically have 12 molars: 6 in the upper jaw and 6 in the lower jaw.

2. Molars are the strongest teeth in the human body and can withstand the greatest force when chewing.

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Related Concepts

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1. dentition: The set of teeth in the mouth, including molars.

2. molarity: The concentration of a substance in moles per liter.

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Culture

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In dentistry, molars are important for grinding and chewing food. In chemistry, molar is a unit of measurement used to calculate the amount of a substance in terms of its mass.

How to Memorize "molar"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large, flat tooth in the back of your mouth. This is a molar.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'molar' with the idea of grinding or chewing food.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Molars Mean Massive Munching' to remember that molars are large teeth used for chewing.

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