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kinetic theory of heat

–noun Physics.
a theory that the temperature of a body is determined by the average kinetic energy of its particles and that an inflow of heat increases this energy.

Origin:
1860–65
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kinetic theory of heat

noun
a theory that the temperature of a body increases when kinetic energy increases 
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