interdisciplinary

adjective

in·​ter·​dis·​ci·​plin·​ary ˌin-tər-ˈdi-sə-plə-ˌner-ē How to pronounce interdisciplinary (audio)
: involving two or more academic, scientific, or artistic disciplines

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Dedicated to world cultures, MUDEC hosts major international exhibitions and interdisciplinary projects. Photovogue, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026 Starring Imogen Poots, the biographical drama premiered just last month at the interdisciplinary event space 2220 Arts + Archives. Emma Banks, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026 This interdisciplinary field of science and research tries to tackle how to warn humans in the far, far off future of nuclear waste sites. Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Feb. 2026 But in these images Uranus’s rings and clouds are mostly just eye candy, says Heidi Hammel, a JWST interdisciplinary scientist at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, who was not involved with the work. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interdisciplinary

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1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of interdisciplinary was in 1926

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“Interdisciplinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interdisciplinary. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.

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