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NATURALA fourth-generation language from Software AG, Reston, VA, that runs on a variety of computers from micro to mainframe. natural 1. Music a. not sharp or flat b. denoting a note that is neither sharp nor flat c. (of a key or scale) containing no sharps or flats 2. Music of or relating to a trumpet, horn, etc., without valves or keys, on which only notes of the harmonic series of the keynote can be obtained 3. Cards a. (of a card) not a joker or wild card b. (of a canasta or sequence) containing no wild cards c. (of a bid in bridge) describing genuine values; not conventional 4. based on the principles and findings of human reason and what is to be learned of God from nature rather than on revelation 5. Music a. an accidental cancelling a previous sharp or flat. b. a note affected by this accidental 6. Pontoon the combination of an ace with a ten or court card when dealt to a player as his or her first two cards
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| This placid life developed in Wordsworth, to an extraordinary degree, an innate sensibility to natural sights and sounds--the flower and its shadow on the stone, the cuckoo and its echo. It was natural that Henry should do this and cause Helen to do that, and then think her wrong for doing it; natural that she herself should think him wrong; natural that Leonard should want to know how Helen was, and come, and Charles be angry with him for coming--natural, but unreal. Small states, or states of less natural strength, under vigorous governments, and with the assistance of disciplined armies, have often triumphed over large states, or states of greater natural strength, which have been destitute of these advantages. |
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