What is "molar concentration"

n. (context chemistry English) the molarity of a solution

n. concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solvent [syn: molarity, M]

Molar concentration, also called molarity, amount concentration or substance concentration, is a measure of the concentration of a solute in a solution, or of any chemical species, in terms of amount of substance in a given volume. A commonly used unit for molar concentration used in chemistry is mol/ L. A solution of concentration 1 mol/L is also denoted as 1 molar (1 M).