interdisciplinary
Americanadjective
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combining or involving two or more academic disciplines or fields of study.
The economics and history departments are offering an interdisciplinary seminar on Asia.
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combining or involving two or more professions, technologies, departments, or the like, as in business or industry.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of interdisciplinary
First recorded in 1935–40; inter- ( def. ) + disciplinary ( def. )
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A fierce and prolific interdisciplinary artist, Ayewa is showing no signs of slowing down her creative output while pursuing a career in higher education.
From Los Angeles Times
According to Dr. Conrad Helm, "The comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach provides an excellent basis for thoroughly documenting the diversity of marine annelids and, at the same time, for specifically defining future research priorities."
From Science Daily
The findings were recently published in the online edition of AI for Science, an international journal focused on interdisciplinary artificial intelligence research.
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The project highlights the university's focus on interdisciplinary health innovation, bringing together experts in engineering, mathematics, and life sciences to translate scientific discoveries into real-world medical solutions.
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I am part of an interdisciplinary team of computer science, AI, cybersecurity, psychology, social science, journalism and policy researchers who have sounded the alarm about the threat of malicious AI swarms.
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