adjective
- of or arising from nature; in accordance with what is found or expected in nature
- produced or existing in nature; not artificial or manufactured
- dealing with nature as an object of study: a natural science
- in a state provided by nature, without man-made changes; wild; uncultivated
- of the real or physical world as distinguished from a spiritual, intellectual, or imaginary world
- present by virtue of nature; innate; not acquired
- having certain qualities, abilities, etc. innately: a natural comedian
- innately felt to be right; based on instinctive moral feeling: natural rights
- true to nature; lifelike: a natural likeness
- normal or usual; in the ordinary course of events: a natural outcome
- customarily expected or accepted: a natural courtesy
- free from affectation or artificiality; at ease: a natural smile
- without a legal relationship; specif.,
- illegitimate: a natural child
- relating biologically rather than by adoption: natural parents
- with little or no processing, artificial ingredients or preservatives: natural food
- off-white, light-beige, etc.
- resulting from age, disease, etc. rather than an accident, violence, etc.: a natural death, death from natural causes
- Biol. designating or of a system of classification based on complete structure and characteristics
- Math.
- designating or of an integer or any number referred to 1 as the base
- designating or of an actual number as distinguished from its logarithm: a natural sine, cosine, etc.
- Music
- without flats or sharps, as the key of C major
- modified in pitch by the sign (♮)
- neither sharped nor flatted
Origin:
OFr < L naturalis, by birth, according to nature