multidisciplinary

adjective

mul·​ti·​dis·​ci·​plin·​ary ˌməl-tē-ˈdi-sə-plə-ˌner-ē How to pronounce multidisciplinary (audio)
-ˌtī-,
 especially British  -ˌdi-sə-ˈpli-nə-rē
: combining or involving more than one discipline or field of study : interdisciplinary
Treatment requires a multidisciplinary approach involving physicians, nutritionists, psychologists, trainers, and gynecologists …—Michelle L. Cameron Donaldson
However, the task of interpreting such spectra … will take a multidisciplinary team of astrophysicists, Earth scientists, climate scientists, and biologists.—Sarah Scoles
Indeed, nanotechnology may change the way we think about mechanical engineering altogether, making it a more multidisciplinary field, one as concerned with atomic-level effects as electrical engineering or chemistry is.—Stephen L. Girshick and Arun Majumdar

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A discipline is a field of study. So a multidisciplinary (or interdisciplinary) course is a team-taught course in which students are asked to understand a single subject as it's seen by two or more traditional disciplines. Multidisciplinary teaching can open students' eyes to different views of a subject that they had never considered before. A multidisciplinary panel discussion, on the other hand, presents views from scholars in different fields but may leave any merging of the information to the audience.

Examples of multidisciplinary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Leverage this multidisciplinary council to rigorously evaluate enterprise AI applications, providing a fresh perspective on ethical considerations. —Byjeffrey Saviano, Fortune, 8 May 2024 After nearly four decades in Austin, Texas the multidisciplinary festival will launch across the pond in June 2025. —Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for multidisciplinary 

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Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of multidisciplinary was in 1944

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“Multidisciplinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multidisciplinary. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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