segregation
1555. From Latin segregatio. Pronunciation
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1555. From Latin segregatio. Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/
segregation
- The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.
- (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
- (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
- (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
- (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
- (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
- French: ségrégation, séparation
- German: Trennung
- Portuguese: segregação
- Russian: отделе́ние
- Spanish: segregación
- German: Rassentrennung (racial segregation), Geschlechtertrennung (sexual segregation)
- Portuguese: segregação
- Russian: сегрега́ция
- German: Rassentrennung (racial segregation), Geschlechtertrennung (sexual segregation)
- Portuguese: segregação
- Russian: сегрега́ция
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