'''Nature''', in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the '''natural world''', '''physical universe''', '''material world''' or '''material universe'''. "Nature" refers to the [[phenomenon|phenomena]] of the physical world, and also to [[life]] in general. The term generally does not include manufactured objects and human interaction unless qualified in ways such as, e.g., "[[human nature]]" or "the whole of nature". Nature is also generally distinguished from the [[supernatural]]. It ranges in scale from the [[subatomic]] to the [[galaxy|galactic]]. | '''Nature''', in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the '''natural world''', '''physical universe''', '''material world''' or '''material universe'''. "Nature" refers to the [[phenomenon|phenomena]] of the physical world, and also to [[life]] in general. The term generally does not include manufactured objects and human interaction unless qualified in ways such as, e.g., "[[human nature]]" or "the whole of nature". Nature is also generally distinguished from the [[supernatural]]. It ranges in scale from the [[subatomic]] to the [[galaxy|galactic]]. |