multidisciplinary

adjective

mul·​ti·​dis·​ci·​plin·​ary ˌməl-tē-ˈdi-sə-plə-ˌner-ē 

-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

Did you know?

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

Hof's multidisciplinary method includes breathing exercises and cold exposure to boost his ability to handle extreme cold. —Nicholas Wyman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

The Shanghai event featured installations and creations by Chinese calligraphy artist Xu Bing, A$AP Rocky, Rick Owens and the Chinese multidisciplinary artist LuLu Li. —Samantha Conti, WWD, 6 Dec. 2024

The multidisciplinary showcase is curated by the renowned designer and artistic director of Muji, Kenya Hara, to explore the relationship between living beings and built environments using architecture and design, Dezeen reports. —Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2024

And now, there’s Hailey Knox the multidisciplinary star. —Heran Mamo, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above