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▪ I. multiscience|mʌlˈtɪʃəns| [f. L. multus multi- + scientia science.] Knowledge of many things. So mulˈtiscient a. (in recent Dicts.); † mulˈtiscious a. [f. L. multisci-us], ‘knowing much, skilful’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656).
a1834Coleridge Church & State (1839) 226 note, Multiscience (or a variety and quantity of acquired knowledge) does not teach intelligence. ▪ II. multiscience, a. Brit. |ˌmʌltɪˈsʌɪəns|, U.S. |ˌməltiˈsaɪəns|, |ˌməltəˈsaɪəns|, |ˌməlˌtaɪˈsaɪəns| [‹ multi- comb. form + science n.] Involving or relating to several scientific disciplines or areas of study.
1954Q. Jrnl. Econ. 68 165 Population theory has always been a ‘multiscience’ field. 1959Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 65 169 Demography, although a multiscience discipline, can contribute to the central interests of sociology. 1979A. J. Bahm Philosopher's World Model viii. 252 New ideas emerging from all of the sciences and interdisciplinary research to form a world hypothesis (resulting from such multiscience and interscience cooperation) may themselves constitute a new science. 1996Columbian (Vancouver) (Nexis) 1 May a8 Forest Service managers, community leaders and scientists from the University of Washington met in Stevenson a week back to talk about the possibility of a large public multiscience complex at Wind River. |