facultative

adj.

1. Of or relating to a mental faculty.
2. 1. Capable of occurring or not occurring; contingent.
   2. 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.

facultatively fac'ul·ta'tive·ly adv.

Reinsurance term under which the Reinsurer exercises its faculty or prerogative to insure a risk or reject a risk from a Ceding Company.

adjective

Not compulsory or automatic: discretionary, elective, optional. See choice.

(fak′əltātiv)
adj

Pertaining to an organism’s ability to survive under different or varying environmental conditions.

Not obligatory; pertaining to or characterized by the ability to adjust to particular circumstances or to assume a particular role. See also accumulator plants.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fakultativ, valgfri, frivillig

Nederlands (Dutch)
facultatief, rechten verlenend, incidenteel, mentaal

Français (French)
adj. - facultatif, optionnel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fakultativ, wahlfrei

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επιτρεπτικός, εξουσιοδοτικός, (βιολ.) βιολειτουργικός

Italiano (Italian)
facoltativo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - facultativo

Русский (Russian)
факультативный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - facultativo, no obligatorio, opcional, potestativo, contingente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - frivillig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
兼性的, 授权的, 可选择的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 兼性的, 授權的, 可選擇的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 허가하는, 임의의, 우발적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 権能を与える, 随意の, 能力の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تفويضي , ذو علاقه بملكه عقليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עשוי להתרחש, של תכונה, לא קשור לדרך חיים כלשהי‬

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