elective

Adjective

 * 1)  Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.
 * 2) * 1697,, The Works of Virgil translated into English Verse, London: Jacob Tonson, dedicatory preface to the Marquess of Normanby,
 * For his Conscience could not but whisper to the Arbitrary Monarch, that the Kings of Rome were at first Elective, and Govern’d not without a Senate:
 * 1) * 1896,, “The South African Question” in Speeches and Writings of M. K. Gandhi, Madras: G.A. Natesan, 3rd edition, 1922, p.6,
 * [The bill] says that no natives of countries (not of European origin) which have not hitherto possessed elective representative institutions shall be placed on the voters roll
 * 1)  Open to choice; freely chosen;  unnecessary; minor.
 * 2) * 1782,, , London: T. Payne & Son, and T. Cadell, Volume5, Book9, Chapter8, pp.160-161,
 * “You know not then,” said Cecilia, in a faint voice, “my inability to comply?”
 * “Your ability, or inability, I presume are elective?”
 * “Oh no!—my power is lost!—my fortune itself is gone!”
 * 1)   Scheduled and nonemergent.
 * 1) * 1782,, , London: T. Payne & Son, and T. Cadell, Volume5, Book9, Chapter8, pp.160-161,
 * “You know not then,” said Cecilia, in a faint voice, “my inability to comply?”
 * “Your ability, or inability, I presume are elective?”
 * “Oh no!—my power is lost!—my fortune itself is gone!”
 * 1)   Scheduled and nonemergent.
 * “You know not then,” said Cecilia, in a faint voice, “my inability to comply?”
 * “Your ability, or inability, I presume are elective?”
 * “Oh no!—my power is lost!—my fortune itself is gone!”
 * 1)   Scheduled and nonemergent.
 * 1)   Scheduled and nonemergent.
 * 1)   Scheduled and nonemergent.
 * 1)   Scheduled and nonemergent.

Usage notes
In the US health care system, the technical sense of this adjective often causes confusion, because the usual sense implies the concepts of "unnecessary", "minor", or "skippable" but the technical sense applies to many procedures that are necessary to continuance of health and prevention of death.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: electiu
 * Finnish: ,
 * Korean: 선거의
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: по избор
 * Catalan: electiu
 * Czech: elektivní
 * Danish: elektiv
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: elektív,,  ,
 * Korean: 수의선택의
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1) Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study.

Translations

 * Danish: ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian: