Hypertext Webster Gateway: "segregation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Segregation \Seg`re*ga"tion\, n. [L. segregatio: cf. F.
s['e]gr['e]gation.]
1. The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated;
separation from others; a parting.
2. (Geol.) Separation from a mass, and gathering about
centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive
attraction or the crystallizing process.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
segregation
n 1: (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis
so that members of each pair of alleles appear in
different gametes
2: a social system that provides separate facilities for
minority groups
3: the act of segregating or sequestering [syn: {sequestration}]
[ant: {integration}]
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