Crossdisciplinary vs Interdisciplinary - What's the difference?
crossdisciplinary | interdisciplinary |
Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.
Of something linking multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study together.
As adjectives the difference between crossdisciplinary and interdisciplinary
is that crossdisciplinary is spanning several disciplines while interdisciplinary is of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.interdisciplinary
English
(Interdisciplinarity)Adjective
(-)- This journal is interdisciplinary : it has articles on everything from biology to electrical engineering.
- The interdisciplinary co-operation at this university is very impressive.