Noun | 1. | natural - someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job" |
2. | natural - a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat Synonyms: cancel | |
3. | natural - (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake | |
Adj. | 1. | natural - in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena" Antonyms: unnatural - not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature; "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural interest in death" |
2. | natural - existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers" Antonyms: artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" | |
3. | natural - existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation" Antonyms: supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings" | |
4. | natural - functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies; "it's the natural thing to happen"; "natural immunity"; "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild" | |
5. | natural - of a key containing no sharps or flats; "B natural" | |
6. | natural - unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing" Synonyms: instinctive | |
7. | natural - (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" | |
8. | natural - related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent" | |
9. | natural - being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent" | |
10. | natural - unaffected and natural looking; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction" Synonyms: lifelike |
SERVITUDES, NATURAL, civil law. Those servitudes which arise in consequence
of the nature of the soil.
2. By law the inferior heritages, are submitted in relation to the
natural flow of waters, and the like, to the superior. An inferior field is,
therefore, subject to the injury or prejudice which the situation of the
ground, in its natural state, way cause it.
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. |