elective : Idioms & Phrases


Elective affinityattraction

  • (Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.
Webster 1913

elective course

  • noun a course that the student can select from among alternatives
    elective.
WordNet

non-elective

  • adjective satellite filled by appointment rather than by election
    nonelected; nonelective.
    • a nonelective office
WordNet

self-elective

Self`-e*lect"ive adjective
Definitions
  1. Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.
Webster 1913