Definition of Interdisciplinary

1. Adjective. Drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study. "An interdisciplinary conference"

Partainyms: Discipline

Definition of Interdisciplinary

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study. ¹

2. Adjective. Of something linking multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study together. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Interdisciplinary

1. Denoting the overlapping interests of different fields of medicine and science. Origin: inter-+ L. Disciplina, knowledge (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interdisciplinary

interdigitated
interdigitates
interdigitating
interdigitating cell
interdigitation
interdigitations
interdimensional
interdimer
interdine
interdined
interdines
interdining
interdisciplinarily
interdisciplinarities
interdisciplinarity
interdisciplinary (current term)
interdistributional
interdistrict
interdivisional
interdomain
interdome
interdomes
interdominion
interdot
interduce
interduces
interdunal
interdune
interdunes
interectopic interval

Literary usage of Interdisciplinary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Advancing the Nation's Health Needs by National Research Council (2005)
"8 Emerging Fields and interdisciplinary Studies Thus far we have conveniently classified training areas as basic biomedical, behavioral, and clinical. ..."

2. Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions by National Research Council (U.S.), Division on Earth and Life Studies (2006)
"Research Funding Structure interdisciplinary research has been gaining ... Perceptions that there is little research funding for interdisciplinary studies ..."

3. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"The committee does not necessarily urge interdisciplinary research activities for ... Students Sl: Undergraduate students should seek out interdisciplinary ..."

4. A Strategy for Assessing Science: Behavioral and Social Research on Aging by Irwin Feller, Paul C. Stern (2007)
"They can ask review panels to consider how well groups and organizations that propose interdisciplinary research provide conditions, such as those above, ..."

5. Hydropolitics along the Jordan River; Scarce Water and Its Impact on the by Aaron T. Wolf (1995)
"Towards an interdisciplinary approach to water basin analysis and the resolution of ... Water, by nature, necessitates an interdisciplinary analysis. ..."

6. Building a Better Delivery System: A New Engineering/health Care Partnership by Proctor P. Reid, W. Dale Compton, Jerome H. Grossman, Gary Fanjiang, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S.) (2005)
"NSF and other agencies have also established other university-based interdisciplinary research centers involving engineering (eg, NSF science and technology ..."

7. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"LITERATURE-BASED interdisciplinary UNITS Once a teacher begins using literature as a springboard for content-based activities, the boundaries between ..."

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