KINETIC THEORY

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Meaning:

(physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motion

Synonyms:

kinetic theory; kinetic theory of gases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("kinetic theory" is a kind of...):

scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kinetic theory"):

kinetic theory of heat (a theory that the temperature of a body increases when kinetic energy increases)