KINETIC THEORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kinetic theory mean? 

• KINETIC THEORY (noun)
  The noun KINETIC THEORY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: KINETIC THEORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KINETIC THEORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

kinetic theory; kinetic theory of gases

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)