以两种或多种学科为基础而发展起来的综合性科学门类interdisciplinary subject

• 天气预报本身是一门边缘学科。

  Weather forecasting is itself interdisciplinary.

• 华中科技大学大力引进学科领军人，广纳海内外杰出人才，大力发展新兴学科和边缘学科。

  Huazhong University of Science and Technology has worked hard to recruit leading academics from within China and abroad to develop new and interdisciplinary subjects.