cross-disciplinary
/ˌkrɒs dɪsəˈplɪnəri/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌkrɔːs ˈdɪsəpləneri/ (ame, ipa)
cross-disciplinary — adjective
1. bringing together ideas, methods, or people from two or more separate subjects o
bringing together ideas, methods, or people from two or more separate subjects of study, so that the work draws on what each subject knows best.
Bilal joined a cross-disciplinary team of biologists, designers, and engineers building a new prosthetic hand.
attributive use: cross-disciplinary + team
Élise's cross-disciplinary research combines linguistics and computer science to teach machines how to read poetry.
collocation: cross-disciplinary research
The university launched a cross-disciplinary master's program that blends public health, urban planning, and data science.
Solving the city's flooding problem will require a cross-disciplinary approach, drawing on hydrology, economics, and local knowledge.
Sora and Caio led a cross-disciplinary workshop where artists and climate scientists imagined future coastlines together.
- interdisciplinary
near-identical; more common in everyday academic writing
- multidisciplinary
emphasises that several fields are involved side by side, with less blending than 'cross-disciplinary'
- transdisciplinary
stronger — the fields merge into a new shared framework, not just borrow from each other
- single-discipline
stays within one field
- siloed
informal; suggests fields stay isolated from each other
文法句型
cross-disciplinary + noun
用法筆記
Used almost only before a noun (attributive), such as 'team', 'research', 'approach', 'project', 'program'. Rarely used after 'be'; if you need a predicative form, prefer 'is interdisciplinary' or restructure the sentence.