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multiscience

multiscience noun: the capacity to know many things.

Noun

multiscience

  1. The capacity to know many things.
    • 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.1957, John Wyndham, chapter 6, in The Midwich Cuckoos

Adjective

multiscience (not comparable)

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

Origin of multiscience

From multi- + science.

Questions about multiscience

What does multiscience mean?
Multiscience means the capacity to know many things.
What part of speech is multiscience?
Multiscience can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near multiscience in the dictionary

  1. multiscene
  2. multischema
  3. multischematic
  4. multischeme
  5. multischool
  6. multiscience
  7. multiscient
  8. multiscious
  9. multiscopic
  10. multiscreen
  11. multiscreens

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