[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

elective \elect"ive\, n.
   in an american college, an optional study or course of study;
   a course that is not required. colloq.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

elective \elect"ive\, a. cf. f. 'electif.
   1. exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective
      act.
      1913 webster

   2. pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of
      choosing; electoral.
      1913 webster

            the independent use of their elective franchise.
                                                  --bancroft.
      1913 webster

   3. bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective office.
      1913 webster

            kings of rome were at first elective; . . . for such
            are the conditions of an elective kingdom. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. dependent on choice; that can be refused; as, an elective
      college course. opposite of required or mandatory.
      1913 webster +pjc

   elective affinity or elective attraction chem., a
      tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.
      1913 webster
see also:
required mandatory elective affinity elective attraction 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

elective
     adj 1: subject to popular election; "elective official" syn: elected
            ant: appointive
     2: not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of
        study"
see also:
elected appointive 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

75 moby thesaurus words for "elective":
   academic specialty, adoptive, alternative, appointive, arbitrary,
   area, autonomous, choosing, choosy, classical education,
   constituent, core curriculum, course, course of study, curriculum,
   discipline, discretional, discretionary, discriminating,
   disjunctive, eclectic, electoral, field, free, free will,
   general education, general studies, gratuitous, humanities,
   independent, liberal arts, major, minor, nonmandatory, offered,
   optional, particular, proffered, proseminar, quadrivium,
   refresher course, scientific education, selecting, selective,
   self-acting, self-active, self-determined, self-determining,
   seminar, specialty, spontaneous, study, subdiscipline, subject,
   technical education, trivium, unasked, unbesought, unbidden,
   uncalled-for, uncoerced, uncompelled, unforced, uninfluenced,
   uninvited, unpressured, unprompted, unrequested, unrequired,
   unsolicited, unsought, volitional, voluntary, volunteer, willful

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Four-Year Road Map
...The university elective and GE courses listed here are suggestions ... Alternate Year 4 Schedule (Depending on Concentration). Elective Major ... ..
http://www.csufresno.edu/degreeroadmap/Anthropology/BA_anthropology.htm, score=100, date indexed=January 12, 2006, 10:16 am

Four-Year Road Map
...Free Elective : Free Elective : YEAR 3:. FALL. SPRING. GE Area 1B- ... Free Elective:. Free Elective:. Free Elective:. Free Elective:. Free ... ..
http://www.csufresno.edu/degreeroadmap/Political_Science/BA_poli_sci.htm, score=69, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 5:11 pm

Four-Year Road Map
...Free Elective/Minor Emphasis Course:.   Free Elective/Minor Emphasis ... Elective/Minor Emphasis Course:. Upper Division Writing Skills ... ..
http://www.csufresno.edu/degreeroadmap/Sociology/BA_sociology.htm, score=61, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 10:05 am

Four-Year Road Map: B.A. African American Studies
...Free Elective :   Free Elective : YEAR 3:. FALL. SPRING. GE Area IB- ... Free Elective:.  . YEAR 4:. FALL. SPRING. GE Area ID-Soc, Pol, Econ ... ..
http://www.csufresno.edu/degreeroadmap/African_American_Studies/BA_AA_Studies.htm, score=61, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 3:03 pm

Postgraduate Medicine: Weighing risks in abdominal aortic aneurysm
...Elective repair is indicated in asymptomatic patients with an aneurysm ... The overall operative mortality rate with elective repair of an ... ..
http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/1999/08_99/gorski.htm, score=57, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 10:16 am

Four-Year Road Map
...Free Elective :  . YEAR 3:. FALL. SPRING. GE Area IB-Physical Univ & ... ECON 185 Directed Readings. ECON 190 Independent Study. ECON 191 Internship in Applied Economics. Select One. Economics Elective Course (Areas A-D):. ECON 101 History of Economic Thought. ECON 105 Marxian Economic Theory. ECON 109 Principles of Political Economy. ECON 110 Economic History of the US. ECON 114 Economic Development of Poor Nations. ECON 161 Population Economics. ECON 178 International Economics. ECON 179 Intern ..
http://www.csufresno.edu/degreeroadmap/Economics/BA_economics.htm, score=56, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 10:00 am

Four-Year Road Map
...Free Elective (if needed):. Additional Major Requirement. OR. Free ... SW 20 Intro to Social Work. Completed at Other Institution. Select One. Free Elective : YEAR 3:. FALL. SPRING. GE Area 1D-Soc, Pol, Econ Inst ... ..
http://www.csufresno.edu/degreeroadmap/Social_Work/BA_social_work.htm, score=54, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 8:09 am

Four-Year Road Map
...Elective or minor course:. Elective or minor course:. Elective or ... Elective or Lower Division GE (if needed): Elective or minor course ( ... ..
http://www.csufresno.edu/degreeroadmap/Communication/BA_communication.htm, score=53, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 3:29 pm

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