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natural science
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: a science (such as physics, chemistry, or biology) that studies the physical and natural world or the events that happen in nature
Full Definition of NATURAL SCIENCE
: any of the sciences (as physics, chemistry, or biology) that deal with matter, energy, and their interrelations and transformations or with objectively measurable phenomena
— natural scientist noun
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14th century
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