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interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial
the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts - fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
How To Use cross-fertilization In A Sentence
- Indeed, program sponsors and resource sponsors can also affect cross-fertilization of efforts within their domains.
- Whatever happens in those countries, the move will facilitate cross-fertilization among radical groups in Turkey. Beware the 'Turkish Model'
- Inevitably, there is a degree of cross-fertilization, anthologizing being by its very nature cannibalistic. The Times Literary Supplement
- the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts
- The characteristic feature of the new view of unity was the idea of cross-fertilization, instantiated in the creation of war-boosted inter-disciplines such as cybernetics, computation, electro-acoustics, psycho-acoustics, neutronics, game theory, and biophysics. The Unity of Science
- We envision cross-fertilization with other kinds of assessments (business process, value chain, management, architecture, and metrics) to impact more completely the value for the organization.
- But it's almost too easy to groove on the known when you can discover an Andre Derain ( "Portrait of an Unknown Man Reading a Newspaper," 1914) that almost fools you into thinking it's a Modigliani; stunning portraits by Kees Van Dongen and Felix Valloton; Maurice Denis reminding you of relationships to Puvis de Chavannes; and endless other tantalizing cross-fertilizations. Art Inseparable From Politics
- Flowers of this species are protogynous, visited by a good variety of insects, and capable of both self-and cross-fertilization.
- He noted that this is an example of cross-fertilization of ideas. Reporters Uncensored: Philanthropy and Economic Development Boosted by Global Irish Tribe
- In his book on orchids he documents the elaborate frills and furbelows, gimmicks and traps, that lure and exploit insect pollinators, thereby ensuring cross-fertilization.