interdisciplinary

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English disciplinary
English interdisciplinary

    From inter- + disciplinary.

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    Adjective

    interdisciplinary (comparative more interdisciplinary, superlative most interdisciplinary)

    1. Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.
      Coordinate term: crossfunctional
      Near-synonyms: crossdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, transdisciplinary
      This journal is interdisciplinary: it has articles on everything from biology to electrical engineering.
    2. Of or pertaining to a linkage between multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.
      The interdisciplinary co-operation at this university is very impressive.
      • 2025 February 4, Queerious, “Don't Let Them Forget”, in SCP Foundation‎[1], archived from the original on 28 February 2025:
        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.

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