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fac·ul·ta·tive

(făk′əl-tā′tĭv)

adj.

1. Of or relating to a mental faculty.

a. Capable of occurring or not occurring; contingent.

b. Not required or compulsory; optional.

3. Granting permission or authority.

4. Biology Capable of functioning under varying environmental conditions. Used of certain organisms, such as bacteria that can live with or without oxygen.

fac′ul·ta′tive·ly adv.

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facultative

(ˈfækəltətɪv)

adj

1. (Law) empowering but not compelling the doing of an act

2. (Philosophy) philosophy that may or may not occur

3. (Insurance) insurance denoting a form of reinsurance in which the reinsurer has no obligation to accept a particular risk nor the insurer to reinsure, terms and conditions being negotiated for each reinsurance

4. (Biology) biology able to exist under more than one set of environmental conditions: a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprotroph. Compare obligate⁴

5. of or relating to a faculty

ˈfacultatively adv

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fac•ul•ta•tive

(ˈfæk əlˌteɪ tɪv)

adj.

1. conferring a faculty, privilege, permission, or the power of doing or not doing something: a facultative enactment.

2. being left to one's option or choice; optional.

3. having the capacity to live under more than one specific set of environmental conditions, as a plant that can lead either a parasitic or a nonparasitic life (opposed to obligate).

4. of or pertaining to the mental faculties.

5. having the potential of taking place or assuming a specified character.

[1810–20; < French]

fac′ul•ta`tive•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	facultative - of or relating to the mental faculties
	2.	facultative - able to exist under more than one set of conditions; "a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms obligate - restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen"
	3.	facultative - granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something; "a facultative enactment" enabling - providing legal power or sanction; "an enabling resolution"; "enabling power"
	4.	facultative - not compulsory; "facultative courses in the sciences" optional - possible but not necessary; left to personal choice

facultative

adjective

Not compulsory or automatic:

discretionary, elective, optional.

Translations

fakultativ

fac·ul·ta·tive

a. facultativo-a.

1. voluntario, no obligatorio;

2. de naturaleza profesional.

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