NATURAL
\nˈat͡ʃəɹə͡l], \nˈatʃəɹəl], \n_ˈa_tʃ_ə_ɹ_əl]\
Definitions of NATURAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"
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someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job"
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related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent"
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in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena"
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existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers"
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existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation"
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(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
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of a key containing no sharps or flats; "B natural"
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functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies; "it's the natural thing to happen"; "natural immunity"; "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild"
By Princeton University
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unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"
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(in craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
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someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job"
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related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent"
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in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena"
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existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers"
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existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation"
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(biology) functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies; "it's the natural thing to happen"; "natural immunity"; "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characteristic; not artifical, foreign, assumed, put on, or acquired; as, the natural growth of animals or plants; the natural motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition; the natural heat of the body; natural color.
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Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death.
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Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with, or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural science; history, theology.
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Conformed to truth or reality
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Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.
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Connected by the ties of consanguinity.
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Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child.
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Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.
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Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major.
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Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.
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A native; an aboriginal.
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Natural gifts, impulses, etc.
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One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot.
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Springing from true sentiment; not artifical or exaggerated; - said of action, delivery, etc.; as, a natural gesture, tone, etc.
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Resembling the object imitated; true to nature; according to the life; - said of anything copied or imitated; as, a portrait is natural.
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Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; - said or certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1.
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A character [] used to contradict, or to remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the unaltered note.
By Oddity Software
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Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characteristic; not artifical, foreign, assumed, put on, or acquired; as, the natural growth of animals or plants; the natural motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition; the natural heat of the body; natural color.
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Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death.
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Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with, or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural science; history, theology.
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Conformed to truth or reality
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Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.
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Connected by the ties of consanguinity.
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Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child.
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Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.
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Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major.
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Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.
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A native; an aboriginal.
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One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot.
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Springing from true sentiment; not artifical or exaggerated; - said of action, delivery, etc.; as, a natural gesture, tone, etc.
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Resembling the object imitated; true to nature; according to the life; - said of anything copied or imitated; as, a portrait is natural.
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Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; - said or certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1.
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gifts, impulses, etc.
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A character [] used to contradict, or to remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the unaltered note.
By Noah Webster.
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In music, a sign used to correct the power of a preceding sharp or flat; the tone or note so affected.
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Naturalness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Naturalness.
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Pertaining to nature or to one's nature; produced by nature; not affected or artificial; normal; common.
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Naturalism.
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A note affected by neither a sharp nor a flat; also, the character. Which acts upon a sharped note as a flat, and upon a flatted note as a sharp.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
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Pertaining to, produced by, or according to nature: inborn; not far-fetched: not acquired: tender: unaffected: illegitimate: (music) according to the usual diatonic scale.
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An idiot: (music) a character which removes the effect of a preceding sharp or flat.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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