natural science
noun
: any of the sciences (such as physics, chemistry, or biology) that deal with matter, energy, and their interrelations and transformations or with objectively measurable phenomena
natural scientist
noun
Examples of natural science in a Sentence
He is interested in the natural sciences.
a new approach to natural science
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Civil service reform in the late nineteenth century was promoted by academics and activists such as Francis Lieber, Woodrow Wilson, and Frank Goodnow, who believed in the ability of modern natural science to solve human problems.
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Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
One of the elder Roosevelt’s reasons for supporting the project was encouraging children such as his son who were interested in the natural sciences.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Hans-Karl Eder is a German mathematician, educator and author who also works as a MINT ambassador to get young people interested in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology.
—Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2024
And as is so often the case in the natural sciences, two other people had quite similar ideas at about the same time.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
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Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
One of the elder Roosevelt’s reasons for supporting the project was encouraging children such as his son who were interested in the natural sciences.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Hans-Karl Eder is a German mathematician, educator and author who also works as a MINT ambassador to get young people interested in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology.
—Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2024
And as is so often the case in the natural sciences, two other people had quite similar ideas at about the same time.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Natural science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20science. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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