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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Natural \Nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. [OE. naturel, F. naturel, fr L. naturalis, fr natura. See {Nature}.] 1. 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. With strong natural sense and rare force of will --Macaulay. 2. 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. What can be more natural than the circumstances in the behavior of those women who had lost their husbands on this fatal day? --Addison. 3. 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. I call that natural religion which men might know . . . by the mere principles of reason, improved by consideration and experience, without the help of revelation. --Bp. Wilkins. 4. Conformed to truth or reality; as: a Springing from true sentiment; not artifical or exaggerated; -- said of action delivery, etc.; as a natural gesture, tone, etc b Resembling the object imitated; true to nature; according to the life; -- said of anything copied or imitated; as a portrait is natural. 5. Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings. To leave his wife, to leave his babes, . . . He wants the natural touch. --Shak. 6. Connected by the ties of consanguinity. ``Natural friends.'' --J. H. Newman. 7. Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as a natural child. 8. Of or pertaining to the lower or animal nature, as contrasted with the higher or moral powers, or that which is spiritual; being in a state of nature; unregenerate. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God. --1 Cor. ii 14. 9. (Math.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Natural \Nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), n. 1. A native; an aboriginal. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. pl Natural gifts, impulses, etc [Obs.] --Fuller. 3. One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot. ``The minds of naturals.'' --Locke. 4. (Mus.) A character [[natural]] used to contradict, or to remove the effect of a sharp or flat which has preceded it and to restore the unaltered note. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: natural adj 1: in accordance with or determined by nature or natural laws; "a natural death"; "natural phenomena"; "a natural gift for sport" [ant: {unnatural}] 2: existing in or produced by nature; "a natural pearl"; "natural deposits of potassium salts"; "natural resources"; "natural fibers"; natural blonde hair"; "the natural color of raw silk" [ant: {artificial}] 3: existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; "natural laws"; "natural phenomena"; "our natural environment"; "natural cliffs" [ant: {supernatural}] 4: (biology) functioning or occurring in a natural way lacking abnormalities or deficiencies; "a natural fear of nuclear war"; "natural immunity"; "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild" 5: relating to or concerning nature; "natural science"; "our natural environment" 6: not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm" [syn: {unstudied}, {uncontrived}] [ant: {studied}] 7: (music) of a key containing no sharps or flats; "B natural" [ant: {sharp}, {flat}] 8: free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; "an unaffected grace" [syn: {unaffected}] [ant: {affected}] 9: (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: {raw(a)}, {rude(a)}] 10: produced without being planted or without human labor; "wild strawberries" [syn: {wild}, {spontaneous}] 11: involving or derived from living organisms; free from chemical treatments or additives; "organic gardening is more natural"; "nonsynthetic fertilizer" [syn: {nonsynthetic}] 12: born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman [syn: {bastard}, {bastardly}, {misbegot}, {misbegotten}, {natural(a)}, {spurious}] 13: related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent"; "biological child" 14: natural looking; "a natural pose" [syn: {lifelike}] n 1: someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job" 2: a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat [syn: {cancel}] 3: (in craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: NATURAL An integrated {4GL} from {Software AG}, Germany. The menu-driven version is SUPER/NATURAL. Natural 2 is a major upgrade to Natural 1. Version 2.1.7 in the MVS environment (June 1995, also available for Unix). Natural works with {DB2} and various other {databases}, but Natural and {Adabas} normally go together. There are many products available in the Natural" family, including SuperNatural, Natural for Windows, Entire Connection (enables up/downloading and interaction with {Excel}) and Esperant. (1995-11-14)
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