Definition of Natural science

1. Noun. The sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena.


Definition of Natural science

1. Noun. A science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world; a general term of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Natural Science

natural persons
natural phenomenon
natural philosophy
natural pigment
natural preserve
natural price
natural prices
natural process
natural processes
natural product
natural products
natural reserve
natural resin
natural resource
natural resources
natural science (current term)
natural sciences
natural scientist
natural scientists
natural selection
natural shape
natural son
natural sons
natural spring
natural state
natural theology
natural transformation
natural unit
natural units
natural user interface

Literary usage of Natural science

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"NEW IDEALISM With the decline of Hegelianism came the reign of natural science and materialism, and the temporary eclipse of all philosophy. ..."

2. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"NEW IDEALISM With the decline of Hegelianism came the reign of natural science and materialism, and the temporary eclipse of all philosophy. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"He was professor of natural science in Rochester University in 1866, and the next year conducted an exploring party of students across South America, ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"natural science IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.* BY JM AEMS. E question before the educators of our country is a practical J- one, involving important and ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"natural science—or, more definitely, knowledge of the physical world with the aid of and in the sense of theoretical natural science —means the reduction of ..."

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