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KINETIC THEORY OF HEAT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A theory that the temperature of a body increases when kinetic energy increases
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("kinetic theory of heat" is a kind of...):
kinetic theory; kinetic theory of gases ((physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motion)