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 energy. n the energy of motion of a body, equal to the work it would do if it were brought to rest. The translational kinetic energy depends on motion through space, and for a rigid body of constant mass is equal to the product of half the mass times the square of the speed.