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interdepartmental

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in⋅ter⋅de⋅part⋅men⋅tal

[in-ter-dee-pahrt-men-tl, -di-pahrt-]
–adjective
involving or existing between two or more departments: interdepartmental rivalry.

Origin:
1890–95; inter- + departmental


in⋅ter⋅de⋅part⋅men⋅tal⋅ly, adverb
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in·ter·de·part·men·tal   (ĭn'tər-dē'pärt-měn'tl)   
adj.  Involving or representing different departments, as of a business, an academic institution, or a government: "the petty interdepartmental squabbling that surrounds the making of . . . foreign policy" (Morton A. Reichek).
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