| Natural (natural) |
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| a. | (?; 135) |
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| Nat"u*ral |
| [OE.
naturel, F. naturel, fr. L. naturalis, fr.
natura. See Nature.] |
Fixed or
determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing;
belonging to native character; according to nature; essential;
characteristic; not artificial, 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.
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.
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.
Conformed to truth or reality
Having the character or sentiments
properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in
feelings.
Connected by the ties of
consanguinity.
Begotten without the sanction of law; born
out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural
child.
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.
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.
Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in
distinction from instrumental music.
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| Natural (natural) |
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| n. | (?; 135) |
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| Nat"u*ral |
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A native; an aboriginal.
Natural gifts, impulses,
etc.
One born without the usual powers of
reason or understanding; an idiot.
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.
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