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Dual-affiliation

/ˈduː.əl əˌfɪl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
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  1. 1

    The state or condition of being officially connected or registered with two separate organizations, institutions, or groups at the same time.

    "His dual-affiliation with both the university and the research institute allowed him to access unique funding sources."
  2. 2

    Membership or employment status that spans across two distinct corporate entities or academic faculties.

    "The professor maintained a dual-affiliation in the departments of computer science and cognitive psychology."

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Derived from the Latin 'dualis' (two, containing two) combined with 'affiliatio' (adoption into a family, from 'ad-' toward + 'filius' son). The compound term emerged in modern academic, corporate, and institutional contexts to describe formal membership or connection to two distinct organizations simultaneously.

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