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interdepartmental

[in-ter-dee-pahrt-men-tl, -di-pahrt-]

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adjective

involving or existing between two or more departments:interdepartmental rivalry.

Origin of interdepartmental

First recorded in 1890–95; inter- + departmental

Related formsin·ter·de·part·men·tal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for interdepartmental

Historical Examples of interdepartmental

Into this general question the Interdepartmental Committee did not enter.
Boy Labour and Apprenticeship
Reginald Arthur Bray
The interdepartmental dispute was quickly buried by Wilson's dramatic order of 12 January 1954.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for interdepartmental

interdepartmental

adjective

of, relating to, or conducted between two or more departments

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Word Origin and History for interdepartmental

adj.

also inter-departmental, 1861, from inter- + departmental.

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