Look up: facultative

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   Facultative
   capable of living in varying conditions. For example, facultative cleaners will feed on parasites but do not rely only them for food.
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   Facultative
   The ability of an organism to grow either in the presence of absence of an environmental factor (e.g. facultative aerobe, facultative psychrophile).
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   facultative
   [adj] - of or relating to the mental faculties 2. [adj] - (biology) able to exist under more than one set of conditions 3. [adj] - granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something 4. [adj] - not compulsory
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   Facultative
   having the power to live under different conditions either with or without oxygen.
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   Facultative
   Facultative: 1. In general, not obligatory but rather capable of adapting to different conditions. The opposite of facultative is obligate. 2. In bacteriology, bacteria that can grow under either aerobic or anaerobic circumstances (with or without oxygen).
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   facultative
   a formal document stating how facultative reinsurance should be handled by an insurer and a reinsurer Category: Insurance • a parasite capable of existing independently of a host or under a variety of modes of life Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a risk reinsurance in which the original insurer elects whether or not to offer for rei...
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   Facultative
   Fac'ul·ta·tive adjective [ Latin facultas , -atis , faculty: confer French facultatif , German fakultativ .] 1. Having relation to the grant or exercise faculty, or authority, privilege, license, or the like hence, optional; as, facultative enactments, or those which convey a faculty, or permission; the facultative referendum of Switzerland is one t ...
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   facultative
   Of parasites, optional. ... Compare: obligate. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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   facultative
   adjective not compulsory; `facultative courses in the sciences`
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    facultative
    adjective granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something; `a facultative enactment`
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    facultative
    adjective of or relating to the mental faculties
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    facultative
    adjective able to exist under more than one set of conditions; `a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte`
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    facultative
    (fak´әl-ta″tiv) not obligatory; pertaining to or characterized by the ability to adjust to particular circumstances or to assume a particular role.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
    
    
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    Facultative
    • (a.) Of such a character as to admit of existing under various forms or conditions, or of happening or not happening, or the like; • (a.) Having the power to live under different conditions; as, a facultative parasite, a plant which is normally saprophytic, but which may exist wholly or in part as a parasite; -- opposed to obligate. &bu...
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    facultative
    Able to live under more than one specific set of environmental conditions; possessing an alternative pathway.
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