natural sign — natural sign, the sign in music used to cancel the effect of a preceding sharp or flat; a natural … Useful english dictionary
natural — [nach′ər əl, nach′rəl] adj. [OFr < L naturalis, by birth, according to nature] 1. of or arising from nature; in accordance with what is found or expected in nature 2. produced or existing in nature; not artificial or manufactured 3. dealing… … English World dictionary
Natural (disambiguation) — Natural is an adjective that refers to Nature. Natural may refer too: In science and mathematics: Natural transformation, category theory in mathematics Natural foods Natural history, a broad area of the natural sciences concerned with living… … Wikipedia
Sign — A sign is an entity which signifies another entity. A natural sign is an entity which bears a causal relation to the signified entity, as thunder is a sign of storm. A conventional sign signifies by agreement, as a full stop signifies the end of… … Wikipedia
Natural (music) — In music theory, a natural is an accidental which cancels previous accidentals and represents the unaltered pitch of a note[1]. A note is natural when it is neither flat nor sharp (nor double flat or double sharp either). Natural notes are the… … Wikipedia
Sign language — Two men and a woman signing. A sign language (also signed language) is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns (manual communication, body language) to convey meaning… … Wikipedia
natural — naturalness, n. /nach euhr euhl, nach reuhl/, adj. 1. existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge. 2. based on the state of things in nature; constituted by nature: Growth is a natural process. 3. of or pertaining to … Universalium
natural — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French naturel, from Latin naturalis of nature, from natura nature Date: 14th century 1. based on an inherent sense of right and wrong < natural justice > 2. a. being in accordance with or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
natural — nat•u•ral [[t]ˈnætʃ ər əl, ˈnætʃ rəl[/t]] adj. 1) existing in or formed by nature: a natural bridge[/ex] 2) of or pertaining to nature: the natural world[/ex] 3) in a state of nature; uncultivated, as land 4) nut having undergone little or no… … From formal English to slang
Sign of the Cross — • A term applied to various manual acts, liturgical or devotional in character, which have this at least in common: that by the gesture of tracing two lines intersecting at right angles they indicate symbolically the figure of Christ s cross… … Catholic encyclopedia
