transdisciplinary

[tranz-dis-uh-pluh-ner-ee, trans-]

adjective

1. integrating or uniting several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise.

   The goal of the project was to build transdisciplinary cooperation between the arts and sciences.

Word History and Origins

Origin of transdisciplinary¹

First recorded in 1945–50; trans- ( def. ) + disciplinary ( def. )

Example Sentences

The results of this study shed new light on the importance of community-led co-creation in transdisciplinary projects toward the Healthy New Town.

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"This study highlights the systemic health impacts of climate stressors including air quality, wildfires, temperature, and drought conditions and the continued need to for transdisciplinary research," she said.

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"As an example, the masses and radii of all nuclei up to mass number 50 were calculated -- and the results agree with the measurements," reports Meißner, who is also a member of the Transdisciplinary Research Areas "Modeling" and "Matter" at the University of Bonn.

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Yao, who will graduate in 2024, says she knew the study would be transdisciplinary, but didn't realize just how far it would go.

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A 13-person team with precisely this expertise joined forces to develop a transdisciplinary approach -- exploiting the new possibilities offered by artificial intelligence in merging and processing large volumes of data.

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