ALL meanings of segregation
seg·re·ga·tion
S s - noun segregation separation by type 1
- noun segregation policy of racial separation 1
- noun segregation being segregated 1
- noun segregation the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions. 1
- noun segregation the institutional separation of an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group from the dominant majority. 1
- noun segregation the state or condition of being segregated, set apart, separated, or restricted to one group: Segregation on buses meant that the seats at the front were reserved for white passengers. the segregation of private clubs. 1
- noun segregation something segregated, or set apart. 1
- noun segregation Genetics. the separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis. Compare law of segregation. 1
- uncountable noun segregation Segregation is the official practice of keeping people apart, usually people of different sexes, races, or religions. 0
- noun segregation the act of segregating or state of being segregated 0
- noun segregation the practice or policy of creating separate facilities within the same society for the use of a minority group 0
- noun segregation the separation at meiosis of the two members of any pair of alleles into separate gametes 0
- noun segregation the process in which a component of an alloy or solid solution separates in small regions within the solid or on the solid's surface 0
- noun segregation a segregating or being segregated; specif., the policy or practice of compelling racial groups to live apart from each other, go to separate schools, use separate social facilities, etc. 0
- noun segregation the separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis so that a particular gamete receives only one member of a pair of characters 0
- noun segregation Segregation is the unwanted separation of one group of solids from a particle mixture. 0