interdisciplinary

comparative more interdisciplinary · superlative most interdisciplinary

1. Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.

   Near-synonyms: crossdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, transdisciplinary

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   This journal is interdisciplinary: it has articles on everything from biology to electrical engineering.

   Synonyms: crossdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, transdisciplinary

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.

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   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.

   2025 February 4, Queerious, “Don't Let Them Forget”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025