natural science

noun

1. a science or knowledge of objects or processes observable in nature, as biology or physics, as distinguished from the abstract or theoretical sciences, as mathematics or philosophy.

natural science

noun

1. the sciences collectively that are involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena, including biology, physics, chemistry, and geology, but excluding social sciences, abstract or theoretical sciences, such as mathematics, and applied sciences
2. any one of these sciences

natural science

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

Derived Forms

• natural scientist, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of natural science¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

The brand has over a dozen active channels on YouTube, ranging from thematic channels, like those about natural science to history or standalone series channels.

From Digiday

“The bottom line — why animals do the things that they do, why they are the things that they are — is because of evolution,” said Kershenbaum, a lecturer and director of studies in the natural sciences at the university’s Girton College.

From Quanta Magazine

Owners Ben and Sonja Walter-Sundaram have renovated the property’s barn for concerts and a lecture series focusing on local and Maine history and the natural sciences.

From Outside Online

The mathematical key to cracking “phase transitions” debuted exactly 100 years ago, and it has transformed the natural sciences.

From Quanta Magazine

Diversity strengthens birding, she explains — and the broader natural science community, too.

From Science News For Students

This, of course, is why the enterprise is called natural science.

From The Daily Beast

Therefore it will be well briefly to sketch the steps by which natural science has come to be what it is.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides music, Albrecht took great interest in natural science and mathematics.

From Project Gutenberg

The advantage that the men of natural science have over their colleagues is one which the nature of the subject brings with it.

From Project Gutenberg

During the earlier years of the reign much interest in natural science was aroused, probably through French influence.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the first sample of the critical Ionian spirit, later so remarkable in philosophy and natural science, says Helbig.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• biology
• physics