multidisciplinary

From multi- + disciplinary.

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /mʌltiˈdɪsəplɪnɛri/

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multidisciplinary (comparative more multidisciplinary, superlative most multidisciplinary)

1. Relating to multiple areas of study or work.

   Coordinate term: crossfunctional

   Near-synonyms: crossdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, transdisciplinary

   • 2007 May 21, Leslie Feinberg, “Cuba mobilized before first diagnosis”, in Workers World‎^[1]:

     A multi-disciplinary team of doctors and researchers was assigned to work full time on AIDS.

   • 2014 January, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review‎^[2], volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, →DOI, →ISSN, page 30:

     This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty^[sic] years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.