Natural vs. Normal

Natural and Normal Definitions
Natural
Present in or produced by nature
A natural pearl.
Normal
Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical
Normal room temperature.
One's normal weight.
Normal diplomatic relations.
Natural
Of, relating to, or concerning nature
A natural environment.
Normal
(Biology) Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies.
Natural
Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature
A natural death.
Normal
Relating to or designating the normality of a solution.
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Natural
Not acquired; inherent
Love of power is natural to some people.
Normal
Abbr. n Designating an aliphatic hydrocarbon having an acyclic unbranched chain of carbon atoms.
Natural
Having a particular character by nature
A natural leader.
Normal
Being at right angles; perpendicular.
Natural
(Biology) Not produced or changed artificially; not conditioned
Natural immunity.
A natural reflex.
Normal
Perpendicular to the direction of a tangent line to a curve or a tangent plane to a surface.
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Natural
Characterized by spontaneity and freedom from artificiality, affectation, or inhibitions.
Normal
Relating to or characterized by average intelligence or development.
Natural
Not altered, treated, or disguised
Natural coloring.
Natural produce.
Normal
Free from mental illness; sane.
Natural
Faithfully representing nature or life.
Normal
The usual, expected, or standard state, form, amount, or degree
Temperatures have been above normal for this time of year.
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Natural
Expected and accepted
“In Willie's mind marriage remained the natural and logical sequence to love” (Duff Cooper).
Normal
(Mathematics) A perpendicular, especially a perpendicular to a line tangent to a plane curve or to a plane tangent to a space curve.
Natural
Established by moral certainty or conviction
Natural rights.
Normal
According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
Organize the data into third normal form.
Natural
Being in a state regarded as primitive, uncivilized, or unregenerate.
Normal
(mathematics) Adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context:
Natural
Related genetically
The natural parents of the child.
Normal
Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
John is feeling normal again.
Natural
Born to parents who have never been married to each other
The natural son of the king.
Normal
Teaching teachers how to teach to certain norms
My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School.
Natural
(Mathematics) Of or relating to positive integers, sometimes including zero.
Normal
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
Natural
Not sharped or flatted.
Normal
(organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
Natural
Having no sharps or flats.
Normal
In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency normal mode]].
Natural
Relating to hair that is allowed to remain in an unaltered state
“Many tweets also attacked double standards that exist regarding black women's hair. Wearing extensions and weaves can be seen as traitorous or insecure, while wearing hair in a natural or traditionally African-inspired style ... can result in mocking criticism” (Mary Emily O'Hara).
Normal
In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
Natural
One having all the qualifications necessary for success
You are a natural for this job.
Normal
(geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or derivative of a surface.
The interior normal vector of an ideal perfect sphere will always point toward the center, and the exterior normal vector directly away, and both will always be co-linear with the ray whose' tip ends at the point of intersection, which is the intersection of all three sets of points.
Natural
One suited by nature for a certain purpose or function
She is a natural at mathematics.
Normal
(geometry) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
Natural
The sign (♮) placed before a note to cancel a preceding sharp or flat.
Normal
A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
Natural
A note so affected.
Normal
A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
Natural
A yellowish gray to pale orange yellow.
Normal
The usual state.
His workload is now back to normal.
Heavy workload is the new normal.
Natural
(Games) A combination in certain card and dice games that wins immediately.
Normal
According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.
Deviations from the normal type.
Natural
Existing in nature.
Normal
According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle; as, a line normal to the base. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.
Natural
Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
Normal
Standard; original; exact; typical.
Natural
Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.
The species will be under threat if its natural habitat is destroyed.
Normal
Any perpendicular.
Natural
As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.
It's natural for business to be slow on Tuesdays.
His prison sentence was the natural consequence of a life of crime.
Normal
A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.
Natural
Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.
Normal
Something regarded as a normative example;
The convention of not naming the main character
Violence is the rule not the exception
His formula for impressing visitors
Natural
Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.
She died of natural causes.
Normal
Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal;
Serve wine at normal room temperature
Normal diplomatic relations
Normal working hours
Normal word order
Normal curiosity
The normal course of events
Natural
Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.
Normal
In accordance with scientific laws
Natural
(maths) Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.
Normal
Being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development;
A perfectly normal child
Of normal intelligence
The most normal person I've ever met
Natural
(music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.
There's a wrong note here: it should be C natural instead of C sharp.
Normal
Forming a right angle
Natural
Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.
Natural food is healthier than processed food.
Natural
Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.
Natural
Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.
Natural
(dice) Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.
Natural
(bodybuilding) Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
Natural
(bridge) Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.
Natural
(algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.
Natural
Pertaining to birth or descent; native.
Natural
Having a given status (especially of authority) by virtue of birth.
Natural
Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
Natural
Related by birth; genetically related.
Natural
A native inhabitant of a place, country etc.
Natural
(music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
Natural
(music) The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
Natural
One with an innate talent at or for something.
He's a natural on the saxophone.
Natural
An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
Natural
(archaic) One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.
Natural
One's life.
Natural
A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
Natural
A breast which has not been modified.
Natural
Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
Natural
(craps) A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.
Natural
Naturally; in a natural manner.
Natural
Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characteristic; innate; not artificial, foreign, assumed, put on, or acquired; as, the natural growth of animals or plants; the natural motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition; the natural heat of the body; natural color.
With strong natural sense, and rare force of will.
Natural
Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death; anger is a natural response to insult.
What can be more natural than the circumstances in the behavior of those women who had lost their husbands on this fatal day?
Natural
Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with, or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural science; history, theology.
I call that natural religion which men might know . . . by the mere principles of reason, improved by consideration and experience, without the help of revelation.
Natural
Conformed to truth or reality
Natural
Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.
To leave his wife, to leave his babes, . . . He wants the natural touch.
Natural
Connected by the ties of consanguinity.
Natural
Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child.
Natural
Of or pertaining to the lower or animal nature, as contrasted with the higher or moral powers, or that which is spiritual; being in a state of nature; unregenerate.
The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.
Natural
Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; - said of certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1.
Natural
Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.
Natural
Existing in nature or created by the forces of nature, in contrast to production by man; not made, manufactured, or processed by humans; as, a natural ruby; a natural bridge; natural fibers; a deposit of natural calcium sulfate. Opposed to artificial, man-made, manufactured, processed and synthetic.
Natural
Not processed or refined; in the same statre as that existing in nature; as, natural wood; natural foods.
Natural
A native; an aboriginal.
Natural
Natural gifts, impulses, etc.
Natural
One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot.
Natural
A character [
Natural
A person who has an innate talent that makes success in some specific endeavor, such as sports, much easier than for others; as, Pele was a natural in soccer.
Natural
Someone regarded as certain to succeed;
He's a natural for the job
Natural
A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
Natural
(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
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
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
Natural
Existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical;
A perfectly natural explanation
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
Natural
Of a key containing no sharps or flats;
B natural
C sharp
Natural
Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct;
A cat's natural aversion to water
Offering to help was as instinctive as breathing
Natural
(used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition;
Natural yogurt
Natural produce
Raw wool
Raw sugar
Bales of rude cotton
Natural
Related by blood; not adopted;
Natural parent
Natural
Being talented through inherited qualities;
A natural leader
A born musician
An innate talent
Natural
Unaffected and natural looking;
A lifelike pose
A natural reaction