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Princeton's WordNet

  1. natural sciencenoun

    the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena

Wiktionary

  1. natural sciencenoun

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

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  1. Natural science

    Natural science is a branch of science concerned with the description, prediction, and understanding of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatability of findings are used to try to ensure the validity of scientific advances. Natural science can be divided into two main branches: life science (or biological science) and physical science. Physical science is subdivided into branches, including physics, chemistry, astronomy and earth science. These branches of natural science may be further divided into more specialized branches (also known as fields). In Western society's analytic tradition, the empirical sciences and especially natural sciences use tools from formal sciences, such as mathematics and logic, converting information about nature into measurements which can be explained as clear statements of the "laws of nature". The social sciences also use such methods, but rely more on qualitative research, so that they are sometimes called "soft science", whereas natural sciences, insofar as they emphasize quantifiable data produced, tested, and confirmed through the scientific method, are sometimes called "hard science".Modern natural science succeeded more classical approaches to natural philosophy, usually traced to ancient Greece. Galileo, Descartes, Bacon, and Newton debated the benefits of using approaches which were more mathematical and more experimental in a methodical way. Still, philosophical perspectives, conjectures, and presuppositions, often overlooked, remain necessary in natural science. Systematic data collection, including discovery science, succeeded natural history, which emerged in the 16th century by describing and classifying plants, animals, minerals, and so on. Today, "natural history" suggests observational descriptions aimed at popular audiences.

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  1. natural science

    Natural science is a branch of science that deals with the physical and natural world and phenomena, using empirical evidence, observation, and experimentation to explain or predict nature's behaviour. It can be divided into two main branches: biological science (which studies living things) and physical science (which includes disciplines like physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy).

Wikidata

  1. Natural science

    The natural sciences are those branches of science that seek to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world through scientific methods. The term "natural science" is used to distinguish the subject from the social sciences, which apply the scientific method to study human behavior and social patterns; the humanities, which use a critical or analytical approach to study the human condition; and the formal sciences such as mathematics and logic, which use an a priori, as opposed to factual methodology to study formal systems.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of natural science in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of natural science in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of natural science in a Sentence

  1. Karl Marx:

    Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the science of man will incorporate into itself natural science: there will be one science.

  2. von Weizsacker:

    Nature is earlier than man, but man is earlier than natural science.


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