multidisciplinary

[muhl-tee-dis-uh-pluh-ner-ee, muhl-tahy-]

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adjective

composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.

Also mul·ti·dis·ci·plined.

Origin of multidisciplinary

First recorded in 1945–50; multi- + disciplinary

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Related Words for multidisciplinary

interdisciplinary, integrative, multifaceted, versatile, associative, synthesizing, many-sided, ambidextrous, protean, collaborative

British Dictionary definitions for multidisciplinary

multidisciplinary

adjective

of or relating to the study of one topic, involving several subject disciplines

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Word Origin and History for multidisciplinary

adj.

also multi-disciplinary, 1949, from multi- + disciplinary.