transdisciplinary

[ tranz-dis-uh-pluh-ner-ee, trans- ]

adjective

1. integrating or uniting several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: Compare interdisciplinary ( def ), multidisciplinary ( def ).

   The goal of the project was to build transdisciplinary cooperation between the arts and sciences.

Word History and Origins

Origin of transdisciplinary¹

First recorded in 1945–50; trans- ( def ) + disciplinary ( def )

Example Sentences

"As an example, the masses and radii of all nuclei up to mass number 50 were calculated -- and the results agree with the measurements," reports Meißner, who is also a member of the Transdisciplinary Research Areas "Modeling" and "Matter" at the University of Bonn.

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Yao, who will graduate in 2024, says she knew the study would be transdisciplinary, but didn't realize just how far it would go.

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A 13-person team with precisely this expertise joined forces to develop a transdisciplinary approach -- exploiting the new possibilities offered by artificial intelligence in merging and processing large volumes of data.

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The transdisciplinary research combined approaches from environmental history, environmental humanities, design studies, and studies of technology and science to uncover the role of other species than humans in the evolution of technological artefacts.

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The IAP researcher, whose research group carried out the study, is also a member of the transdisciplinary research area "Matter" at the University of Bonn.

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