multiscience

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noun

The capacity to know many things.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

noun
  1. The capacity to know many things.

    If this method of approach should result in the suggestion of uncanny perception, or disquieting multiscience, in the writer, the reader must bear with it the assurance that it is entirely the product of hindsight.

    1957, John Wyndham, chapter 6, in The Midwich Cuckoos
adjectivemultiscience (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to more than one science.

    This time of rising status for biochemistry also saw increased acceptance of biochemistry papers in the prestigious multiscience journals.

    1982, Bernard S. Schlessinger, Biochemistry collections, a cross-disciplinary survey of the literature

Origin

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APA

multiscience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiscience

MLA

“multiscience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiscience. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multiscience,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multiscience.

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