Meanings
nounnatural science (plural natural sciences)
plural natural sciences
- Any science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on.
Meronyms: physical science, life science, biology
Translations
Bulgarian приро́дни нау́ки
- приро́дни нау́ки (priródni naúki)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Catalan ciències naturals
- ciències naturalsscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Chinese Mandarin 自然科學 /自然科学
- 自然科學 /自然科学 (zìrán kēxué)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Czech přírodní věda
- přírodní vědascience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Danish naturvidenskab
- naturvidenskabscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Dutch natuurwetenschap
- natuurwetenschapscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Finnish luonnontiede
- luonnontiedescience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
French sciences de la nature, sciences naturelles
- sciences de la naturescience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
- sciences naturellesscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
German Naturwissenschaft
- Naturwissenschaftscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Greek φυσικές επιστήμες
- φυσικές επιστήμες (fysikés epistímes)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Hindi प्राकृतिक विज्ञान
- प्राकृतिक विज्ञान (prākŕtik vijñān)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Hungarian természettudomány
- természettudományscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Indonesian ilmu alam, ilmu pengetahuan alam
- ilmu alamscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
- ilmu pengetahuan alamscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Italian scienza della natura
- scienza della naturascience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Japanese 自然科学
- 自然科学 (shizenkagaku)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Korean 자연과학
- 자연과학 (jayeon'gwahak)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Norwegian Bokmål naturvitenskap
- naturvitenskapscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Polish nauka przyrodnicza, przyrodoznawstwo
- nauka przyrodniczascience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
- przyrodoznawstwoscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Portuguese ciência natural
- ciência naturalscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Romanian știința naturii, științe naturale
- știința naturiiscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
- științe naturalescience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Russian природове́дение, естествозна́ние
- природове́дение (prirodovédenije)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
- естествозна́ние (jestestvoznánije)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
- есте́ственные нау́ки (jestéstvennyje naúki)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Spanish ciencia natural
- ciencia naturalscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Swedish naturvetenskap
- naturvetenskapscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Tagalog likas na agham
- likas na aghamscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Thai วิทยาศาสตร์ธรรมชาติ
- วิทยาศาสตร์ธรรมชาติ (wít-tá-yaa-sàat-tam-má-châat)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Turkish doğa bilimleri
- doğa bilimleriscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Ukrainian приро́днича нау́ка, природозна́вство
- приро́днича нау́ка (pryródnyča naúka)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
- природозна́вство (pryrodoznávstvo)science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Vietnamese khoa học tự nhiên
- khoa học tự nhiênscience involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world
Cite this entry
APA
natural science. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20science
MLA
“natural science.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20science. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “natural science,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20science.
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