Interdisciplinary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Interdisciplinary is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.
More Meanings
- Of or pertaining to a linkage between multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.
Example Sentences
The interdisciplinary co-operation at this university is very impressive.
Near-synonyms: crossdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, transdisciplinary
This journal is interdisciplinary: it has articles on everything from biology to electrical engineering.
This was a very generous way of describing the swarm of cables, kit-bashed thaumatic cores, Noogenic foci and para-technological inverters, all surrounded by an astoundingly complex cognitohazardous sigil and multiple ontological anchors. This, simultaneously, simplified the interdisciplinary effort that had swelled in a miniscule amount of time, and undercut the sheer conceptual impact this could leave in all of their respective fields.
Synonyms for interdisciplinary
Depending on context, synonyms include crossdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, transdisciplinary.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary, cross-curricular, interdisciplinarity, multidimensional, disciplinary.
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