DISCIPLINARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disciplinary mean? 

• DISCIPLINARY (adjective)
  The adjective DISCIPLINARY has 3 senses:

1. relating to discipline in behavior

2. relating to a specific field of academic study

3. designed to promote discipline

  Familiarity information: DISCIPLINARY used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISCIPLINARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to discipline in behavior

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

disciplinary problems in the classroom

Pertainym:

discipline (the trait of being well behaved)

Derivation:

discipline (the act of disciplining)

discipline (the trait of being well behaved)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to a specific field of academic study

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

economics in its modern disciplinary sense

Pertainym:

discipline (a branch of knowledge)

Derivation:

discipline (a branch of knowledge)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Designed to promote discipline

Synonyms:

corrective; disciplinal; disciplinary

Context example:

the mother was stern and disciplinary

Similar:

nonindulgent; strict (characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint)

Derivation:

discipline (training to improve strength or self-control)

 Context examples 

The cardiac/vascular nurse is responsible for the development, coordination, and evaluation of a plan of care that uses a multi-disciplinary/case management approach.

(Cardiac/Vascular Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

A multi-disciplinary research team studied young and old rat brains to understand the impact of age-related brain stiffening on the function of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs).

(Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells, University of Cambridge)

Emphasis on multi-site, cooperative research by multi- disciplinary teams of investigators wishing to collaborate within the common theme of the genetic epidemiology of cancer.

(Interdisciplinary Studies in the Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)

The overall goal is to increase the effectiveness, capabilities, or productivity of current projects; to stimulate cooperative approaches; and/or to promote new research directions through multi-disciplinary or regional collaborations.

(Center Core Grants, NCI Thesaurus)

APHA brings together researchers, health service providers, administrators, teachers, and other health workers, forming multi-disciplinary environment for professional exchange, study, and action.

(American Public Health Association, NCI Thesaurus)

The Cancer Clinical and Economic Outcomes Shared Resource is a multi-disciplinary resource providing methodologic expertise and support for Cancer Center investigators in patient-centered evaluation in patients at risk for or with cancer.

(Cancer Clinical and Economic Outcomes Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers say this study is a testament to the growing trend of international and cross-disciplinary collaboration, which is needed to combat the growing and global threat of antibiotic resistance.

(A New Class of Antibiotics to Combat Drug Resistance, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This study highlights the need to approach historic reconstructions from a multi-disciplinary perspective that brings many lines of evidence to bear in assessing complex events, said Liz Blood, a program director in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology.

(Justinianic plague not a landmark pandemic?, National Science Foundation)