multidisciplinary
Spanning multiple fields
Multidisciplinary describes work that draws on multiple fields of study or professional expertise.
A multidisciplinary team might include doctors, social workers, and therapists.
Multidisciplinary research combines methods or perspectives from different academic disciplines: The project took a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating economics, sociology, and environmental science.
Process of approaching sameness
- fusionJoining into unity
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- blendedMixed into uniformity
- unifiedCombined into one
cohesive · holistic · comprehensive · interconnected · bridging · intersection · hybridized · combined
Differing in type
- eclecticDeriving from varied sources
- wide-rangingCovering many subjects
- broad-basedCovering many areas
- heterogeneousConsisting of dissimilar elements
pluralistic · inclusive · perspectives · viewpoints · approaches · methodologies · expertise · backgrounds
Educational program's content plan
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- universityHigher education institution
- facultyInherent power or ability
seminar · thesis · pedagogy · methodology · symposium · conference · journal · publication
Joint effort toward shared aim
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- cross-functionalSpanning multiple areas
- interprofessionalAcross professional boundaries
consortium · coalition · task-force · roundtable · stakeholder · co-authorship · consultation · dialogue
First to explore territory
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- novelNew and unusual
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
transformational · boundary-pushing · unconventional · creative · problem-solving · emergent · forward-thinking · experimental
convergence
Process of approaching sameness
unified · cohesive · holistic · comprehensive · interconnected · bridging · intersection · hybridized · combined · coordinated
varied
Differing in type
- eclecticDeriving from varied sources
- wide-rangingCovering many subjects
- broad-basedCovering many areas
heterogeneous · pluralistic · inclusive · perspectives · viewpoints · approaches · methodologies · expertise · backgrounds · specializations
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- universityHigher education institution
faculty · seminar · thesis · pedagogy · methodology · symposium · conference · journal · publication · doctorate
teamwork
Joint effort toward shared aim
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- cross-functionalSpanning multiple areas
interprofessional · consortium · coalition · task-force · roundtable · stakeholder · co-authorship · consultation · dialogue · coordination
pioneering
First to explore territory
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- novelNew and unusual
- breakthroughSudden important advance
groundbreaking · transformational · boundary-pushing · unconventional · creative · problem-solving · emergent · forward-thinking · experimental · disruptive
- care teamscare team, care coordinator, care plan, team meeting, team lead
- clinicsclinic, clinics, eye clinic, skin clinic, walk-in clinic
- reference booksdictionary, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- research collaborationco-authorship, coauthor, collaborative projects, co-investigator, joint project
- scientific perspectivesbiology, chemistry, physics, ecology, astronomy
multidisciplinaryspecialized
Adapted for particular function
narrow · subject-specific · field-specific · compartmentalized · discipline-specific
multidisciplinarysiloed
Kept apart, uncommunicating
insular · isolated · compartmentalized · disciplinary · segregated
discipline, multiple, undisciplined, disciplines, multi, disciplining, disciplinary, multiform, multifaceted