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kinetic theory

n. (physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motion [syn: kinetic theory of gases]

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Kinetic theory

Kinetic theory may refer to:

  • Kinetic theory of gases, an account of gas properties in terms of motion and interaction of microscopic particles
  • Phonons, explaining properties of solids in terms of quantal collective motions and interactions of microscopic particles
  • Kinematics, the part of mechanics that describes the motion of points, particles, bodies, and systems of bodies, without reference to the forces, energies and interactions that govern their motion

Usage examples of "kinetic theory".

The kinetic theory assumes that gases are made up of nothing but molecules, and psychohistory will only work if the hosts of intelligence are made up of nothing but human beings.

Boyle's law and the rest had to be discovered before the kinetic theory of gases became possible.

If you really wanted to study the kinetic theory of gases, why did you reconstruct so painstakingly the eolopile—.

If you really wanted to study the kinetic theory of gases, why did you reconstruct so painstakingly the eolopile-a little spouted sphere that, when heated, spins, spewing steam-a device first built by Heron in the days of the Gnostics to assist the speaking statues and other wonders of the Egyptian priests?

For instance we're unable to predict the movements of any one molecule in a litre of oxygen, but with some understanding of kinetic theory we can confidently anticipate the behaviour of the whole litre.

The story is-if you want tradition-that Hari Seldon devised psychohistory by modeling it upon the kinetic theory of gases.

The story isif you want traditionthat Hari Seldon devised psychohistory by modeling it upon the kinetic theory of gases.

The story is--if you want tradition-that Hari Seldon devised psychohistory by modeling it upon the kinetic theory of gases.

He showered me with terminology from physics, mathematics, thermodynamics and the kinetic theory of gases, so that later on, when I was grown up, I often wondered why this or that term seemed familiar to me.