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KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kinetic theory of gases mean?
• KINETIC THEORY OF GASES (noun)
The noun KINETIC THEORY OF GASES has 1 sense:
1. (physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motion
Familiarity information: KINETIC THEORY OF GASES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• KINETIC THEORY OF GASES (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 of gases" 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 of gases"):
kinetic theory of heat (a theory that the temperature of a body increases when kinetic energy increases)
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