1 Arenât claimed as a tax dependent. 2  Turn down an offer of job-based coverage. 3  Under the health care law, you must have qualifying health coverage or pay a fee on your next federal tax return.  The penalty in 2016 is 2.5% of household income or $695 per adult (half of that per child), whichever is higher.
Noun. 1. kinetic theory - (physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motion. kinetic theory of gases. scientific theory-a theory that explains scientific observations; scientific theories must be falsifiable.
kinetic-molecular theory of gases. - a gas consists of many particles, either atoms or molecules, moving about at random with no attractive force between them. - the amount of space occupied by the gas particles themselves is much smaller than the amount of space between particles.