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facultative /fac·ul·ta·tive/ (fak´ul-ta?tiv) not obligatory; pertaining to the ability to adjust to particular circumstances or to assume a particular role.
facultative (fak´  ltātiv),adj pertaining to an organism's ability to survive under different or varying environmental conditions. facultative not obligatory; pertaining to or characterized by the ability to adjust to particular circumstances or to assume a particular role. See also accumulator plants. |
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One side effect is the blooming of the facultative reinsurance market for catastrophe-exposed commercial buildings. A) the authors write in their abstract `(1) sex determination is random, or (2) sex determination is facultative or biased', (B) the authors claim (1) there is evidence against Weinberg's Rule--that among human dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs, there are almost exactly equal numbers of same-sexed (SS) and opposite-sexed (OS) pairs--and that (2) this evidence constitutes grounds that support `the biased or facultative position' (their p. Callahan was with Odyssey Re as Facultative Manager and oversaw the planning and execution of the national marketing strategy for the company's primary facultative reinsurance unit. |
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