unnatural

adj 1: not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to

nature; "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural

interest in death" [ant: {natural}]

2: speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an

impression [syn: {affected}] [ant: {unaffected}]

3: distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and

hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long

that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes"

[syn: {grotesque}, {monstrous}]

NATURAL

An integrated {4GL} from {Software AG}, Germany. The

menu-driven version is SUPER/NATURAL.

Natural 2 is a major upgrade to Natural 1.

Version 2.1.7 in the MVS environment (June 1995, also

available for Unix).

Natural works with {DB2} and various other {databases}, but

Natural and {Adabas} normally go together. There are many

products available in the "Natural" family, including

SuperNatural, Natural for Windows, Entire Connection (enables

up/downloading and interaction with {Excel}) and Esperant.

(1995-11-14)