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natural science

–noun
a science or knowledge of objects or processes observable in nature, as biology or physics, as distinguished from the abstract or theoretical sciences, as mathematics or philosophy.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME
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natural science  
n.  A science, such as biology, chemistry, or physics, that deals with the objects, phenomena, or laws of nature and the physical world.
natural scientist n.
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