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nouna course that the student can select from among alternatives
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"elective surgery" "an elective course of study"adjectivenot compulsory
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"elective official"adjectivesubject to popular election
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Definition that contains elective
- run a race between candidates for elective office
- appointment the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
- campaign a race between candidates for elective office
- assignment the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
- column a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
- scrub (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
- naming the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
- prozac a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem); it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain
- bureaucracy nonelective government officials
- bureaucracy a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials