natural science

Noun
  1. The sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena (synset 106009578)
    is a type of: science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge
    subtypes:
    • bioscience, life science - any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
    • chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    • natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
    • physical science, physics - the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something
    • earth science - any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts
    • cosmography - the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy)

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