natural science

natural science

English

Noun

natural science (plural natural sciences)

1. Any science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on.

Meronyms

• physical science
• life science

Coordinate terms

• social science

Translations

science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world

Catalan: ciències naturals (ca) f pl Chinese: Mandarin: 自然科學／自然科学 (zh) (zìrán kēxué) Czech: přírodní věda f Danish: naturvidenskab c Dutch: natuurwetenschap (nl) f Finnish: luonnontiede (fi) French: sciences de la nature (fr) f pl, sciences naturelles (fr) f pl Georgian: საბუნებისმეტყველო მეცნიერება (sabunebismeṭq̇velo mecniereba) German: Naturwissenschaft (de) f Greek: φυσικές επιστήμες f pl (fysikés epistímes) Hindi: प्राकृतिक विज्ञान m (prākŕtik vigyān) Hungarian: természettudomány (hu) Indonesian: ilmu alam (id), ilmu pengetahuan alam (id) Italian: scienza della natura f Japanese: 自然科学 (ja) (しぜんかがく, shizenkagaku) Khmer: ធម្មជាតិវិទ្យា (thɔɔmmɔɔciətevɨtyiə), វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រធម្មជាតិ (vɨtyiəsaahtrɑɑtmmɔɔciəteʼ) Korean: 자연과학(自然科學) (jayeon'gwahak) Norwegian: Bokmål: naturvitenskap m Nynorsk: naturvitskap m Occitan: sciéncia dura f, sciéncia naturala f Polish: nauka przyrodnicza f, przyrodoznawstwo n Portuguese: ciência natural f Romanian: știința naturii f, științe naturale f pl Russian: природове́дение (ru) n (prirodovédenije), естествозна́ние (ru) n (jestestvoznánije), есте́ственные нау́ки f pl (jestéstvennyje naúki) Spanish: ciencia natural f Swedish: naturvetenskap (sv) c Tagalog: likas na agham Thai: วิทยาศาสตร์ธรรมชาติ (wít-tá-yaa-sàat-tam-má-châat) Turkish: doğa bilimleri (tr) pl Udmurt: инкуазьтодос (inkuazʹtodos) Ukrainian: приро́днича нау́ка f (pryródnyča naúka), природозна́вство n (pryrodoznávstvo) Vietnamese: khoa học tự nhiên (vi) (科學自然)

See also

• hard science versus soft science
• pure science versus applied science
• formal science versus quasiscience