English Dictionary

facultative

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfæ.kəl.tə.tɪv/

形容詞

点

Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty. / Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective. / That grants permission or power to do something.

日本語の意味

精神的な能力や知性に関連する / 必須ではなく、選択や裁量に任される（任意の、選択制の） / 何かを行うための許可や権限を与える

His facultative memory, honed by years of study, allowed him to recite entire passages from ancient texts.

彼の精神的能力である記憶力は長年の研究で磨かれ、古代の文献からの一節を丸ごと暗唱することができた。

意味（1）

Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.

意味（2）

Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.

But does the penny fare end here, said Mr. Nixon, at a merely facultative stop? Surely it ends rather at the station.

意味（3）

That grants permission or power to do something.

意味（4）

(biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.

facultative feeder

意味（5）

(geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.

For then it is seen, as before, that it is the points outside the two sheets which are facultative, and not the points between the surface and the touching plane.

more facultative （ comparative ）

most facultative （ superlative ）