interdisciplinary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English disciplinary English interdisciplinary From inter- + disciplinary.

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

   “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.”

   “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.”