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MOLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mole" is a kind of...):
insectivore (small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mole"):
Condylura cristata; star-nosed mole; starnose mole (amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose)
brewer's mole; hair-tailed mole; Parascalops breweri (mole of eastern North America)
golden mole (mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur)
shrew mole (slender mole having a long snout and tail)
Holonyms ("mole" is a member of...):
family Talpidae; Talpidae (moles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
Synonyms:
breakwater; bulwark; groin; groyne; jetty; mole; seawall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mole" is a kind of...):
barrier (a structure or object that impedes free movement)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A small congenital pigmented spot on the skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mole" is a kind of...):
blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Spicy sauce often containing chocolate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("mole" is a kind of...):
sauce (flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food)
Domain region:
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A spy who works against enemy espionage
Synonyms:
counterspy; mole
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mole" is a kind of...):
spy; undercover agent ((military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Synonyms:
gram molecule; mol; mole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("mole" is a kind of...):
metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)
Derivation:
molal (designating a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent)
molar (containing one mole of a substance)
molar (designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution)
Context examples:
Days times moles per liter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms per meter squared (body mass index).
(Day Times Mole per Liter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Days times moles per liter, divided by kilograms per meter squared.
(Day Times Mole per Liter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus)
Days times moles per liter, divided by kilograms.
(Day Times Mole Per Liter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)
Days times moles per liter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms (weight).
(Day Times Mole Per Liter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A unit of amount of substance equal to one tenth of a mole (10E-1 mole).
(Decimole, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of substance concentration defined as the concentration of millimoles of solute per mole of creatinine.
(Millimole Per Mole of Creatinine, NCI Thesaurus)
A mole is usually dark and may be raised from the skin.
(Melanocytic Nevus, NCI Dictionary)
Minutes times moles per liter, divided by kilograms per meter squared.
(Minute Times Mole per Liter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus)
Minutes times moles per liter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms (weight).
(Minute Times Mole Per Liter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Minutes times moles per liter, divided by meters squared.
(Minute Times Mole per Liter per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus)
