multidisciplinary

[ muhl-tee-dis-uh-pluh-ner-ee, muhl-tahy- ]
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adjective
  1. composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: The journal's first article was a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.: Compare interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary.

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Origin of multidisciplinary

1
First recorded in 1945–50; multi- + disciplinary
  • Also mul·ti·dis·ci·plined [muhl-tee-dis-uh-plind, muhl-tahy-] /ˌmʌl tiˈdɪs ə plɪnd, ˌmʌl taɪ-/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for multidisciplinary

multidisciplinary

/ (ˌmʌltɪˈdɪsɪˌplɪnərɪ) /


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

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