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natural science

Natural science is knowledge based on the laws of nature and the physical world.

(noun)

An example of natural science is physics.

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See natural science in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. the systematized knowledge of nature and the physical world, including zoology, botany, chemistry, physics, and geology
  2. any of these branches of knowledge

See natural science in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A science, such as biology, chemistry, or physics, that deals with the objects, phenomena, or laws of nature and the physical world.

Related Forms:

  • natural scientist noun

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