Scientists taking for granted the nuances and differences of terms across disciplines leading to misunderstandings. 


University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

"I think the real problem has been communication across disciplines. The terminology is confusing and means different things to different people, which is why I agree with  @SaskiaPopescu that we need to reconsider the language we use to discuss “airborne” transmission. 2/2"

-@angie_rasmussen

Dr.Angela Rasmussen tweets the difficulty of communicating across disciplines because of terminology.

Rasmussen discusses the issues regarding communication across disciplines due to differences in the meaning of scientific terms.


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Scientists need a way to quickly access different definitions and context of use of a term with an emphasis on how definitions vary across disciplines

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