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interdisciplinary
[ in-ter-dis-uh-pluh-ner-ee ]
adjective
- combining or involving two or more academic disciplines or fields of study:
The economics and history departments are offering an interdisciplinary seminar on Asia.
- combining or involving two or more professions, technologies, departments, or the like, as in business or industry.
interdisciplinary
/ ˌɪԳəˈɪɪˌɪəɪ /
adjective
- involving two or more academic disciplines
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Brooklyn, around 2010, was really interdisciplinary and there was a lot of experimentation, and I was beginning to explore creative movement direction before I had a term for it.
Great, to be sure, but this “Great Yes” happens to be a project of Kentridge’s Centre for the Less Good Idea, a Johannesburg workshop he’s dubbed an “interdisciplinary incubator.”
As a scholar, and especially an interdisciplinary scholar, I want everybody to love and want to increase their knowledge and to respect knowledge.
Poots, who played a significant role in coordinating the interdisciplinary side of the exhibition said of the decision: "They're priceless works of art now."
A team of interdisciplinary scientists from the Hakai Institute worked closely with Armstrong to analyze the DNA of these specimens and mapped out the geographic distribution of plants sharing these genetic traits.
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