multiscience

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ science.

Noun

multiscience

  1. The capacity to know many things.
    • 1957, John Wyndham, chapter 6, in The Midwich Cuckoos:
      If this method of approach should result in the suggestion of uncanny perception, or disquieting multiscience, in the writer, the reader must bear with it the assurance that it is entirely the product of hindsight.

Adjective

multiscience (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to more than one science.
    • 1982, Bernard S. Schlessinger, Biochemistry collections, a cross-disciplinary survey of the literature:
      This time of rising status for biochemistry also saw increased acceptance of biochemistry papers in the prestigious multiscience journals.
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