Definition of Adar

1. Noun. The sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March).

Group relationships: Hebrew Calendar, Jewish Calendar
Terms within: Purim
Generic synonyms: Jewish Calendar Month

Definition of Adar

1. n. The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.

Definition of Adar

1. Acronym. The enzyme adenosine deaminase, specifically that affects RNA. They are important in editing nuclear double stranded RNAs (from A to I) in higher eukaryotes. They work by acting to convert adenosines to insosines via hydrolytic deanimination. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Judaism) The sixth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adar

Adamos
Adams
Adams-Stokes disease
Adams-Stokes syncope
Adamson
Adana
Adang
Adangbe
Adangme
Adansonia digitata
Adansonia gregorii
Adapa
Adapid
Adapid group
Adapin
Adar (current term)
Adar Sheni
Adcock
Addams
Addax nasomaculatus
Adderall
Addey
Addie
Addington
Addis
Addis Ababa
Addis Abeba
Addis count
Addison

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