Interdisciplinary vs. Crossdisciplinary

Interdisciplinaryadjective

Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.

‘This journal is interdisciplinary: it has articles on everything from biology to electrical engineering.’;

Crossdisciplinaryadjective

Spanning several disciplines.

Interdisciplinaryadjective

Of or pertaining to a linkage between multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.

‘The interdisciplinary co-operation at this university is very impressive.’;

Interdisciplinaryadjective

drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study;

‘interdisciplinary studies’; ‘an interdisciplinary conference’;