Definitions for natural history
nat·u·ral his·to·ry

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1. natural historynoun

   the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals

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1. natural historynoun

   The study of all living things, especially their origins, evolution and interrelationships.

2. natural historynoun

   The study of all natural phenomena.

3. natural historynoun

   A treatise or similar work that summarizes the known facts of either of the above.

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1. Natural history

   Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is called a naturalist or natural historian. Natural history encompasses scientific research but is not limited to it. It involves the systematic study of any category of natural objects or organisms. So while it dates from studies in the ancient Greco-Roman world and the mediaeval Arabic world, through to European Renaissance naturalists working in near isolation, today's natural history is a cross-discipline umbrella of many specialty sciences; e.g., geobiology has a strong multidisciplinary nature.

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1. natural history

   Natural history is the scientific study of plants, animals, and other organisms in their natural environments, focusing on how they behave, adapt, evolve, and interact with each other and their surroundings. It encompasses various disciplines such as zoology, botany, geology, paleontology, and ecology. Natural history also refers to the recording and description of these entities from the earliest times, which is often captured in nature documentary films or television programs.

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1. Natural history

   Natural history is the study of organisms including plants or animals in their environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. It encompasses scientific research but is not limited to it, with articles nowadays more often published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study of any category of natural objects or organisms. That is a very broad designation in a world filled with many narrowly focused disciplines. So while natural history dates historically from studies in the ancient Greco-Roman world and the mediaeval Arabic world, through to the scattered European Renaissance scientists working in near isolation, today's field is more of a cross discipline umbrella of many specialty sciences. For example, geobiology has a strong multi-disciplinary nature combining scientists and scientific knowledge of many specialty sciences. A person who studies natural history is known as a naturalist or "natural historian".

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1. Natural History

   A former branch of knowledge embracing the study, description, and classification of natural objects (as animals, plants, and minerals) and thus including the modern sciences of zoology, botany, and mineralogy insofar as they existed at that time. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries it was much used for the generalized pursuit of certain areas of science. (Webster, 3d ed; from Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of natural history in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of natural history in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of natural history in a Sentence

1. David Goldthorpe:

   . Sotheby's will offer the egg at an auction on Thursday. It said it was estimated at 30,000 - 50,000 pounds( $ 76,410). In the 19th century they were greatly prized as sort of natural history curios by collectors, so a lot of them were collected then. But it's very rare to find them intact as this one is, they're often reassembled from broken parts. They're often found in remnants of fires from early settlers of Madagascar, which indicates they were probably used for food, which has contributed to the bird's extinction.

2. Elise Lark:

   We're basically like a natural history museum, so it's very specialized retail... Elise Lark need somebody who's enthusiastic about natural sciences.

3. Theodore Roosevelt:

   While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life.

4. Michael Greshko:

   When you think about the bigger picture, there are not many large natural history museums in the Middle East. Every additional one of these museums there are, not just for public displays but as repositories for conservation data, for cultural heritage artifacts, if Abu Dhabi follows through and they certainly have the resourcing to follow through this could be a big win for science and education for the region. i think so, yeah. I mean it definitely at least re-upped public interest which had sort of the knock-on effects of shaking the tree. The Rock’s appearance ended up shaking the tree and sources fell out of The Rock appearance.

5. John Adams:

   I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=natural history
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Natural_History
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=natural history