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segregation Definition

seg·re·ga·tion (seg′rə gā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. 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.
  2. Genetics the separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis so that a particular gamete receives only one member of a pair of characters

Etymology: LL segregatio

segregation Synonyms

segregation

n.

  1. The act of separating

    dissociation, disconnection, separation; see division 1.

  2. The separation of racial groups

    exclusion, discrimination, racial segregation, apartheid, Jim Crowism, Jim Crow.

segregation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • chromosome: HR is also essential in most eukaryotes for promoting the correct segregation of homologous chromosomes during the first meiotic division.
  • pedestrian: We hope there will be no more fences for physical segregation of pedestrians from traffic.
  • duty: Segregation of duties should continue during periods of leave or sickness absence.
  • sex: There is no segregation of the sexes during hibernation.

Converse of object

  • enforce: Guards and military police enforced segregation from the outside world.
  • tackle: It concluded in February 2003 that failure to tackle racial segregation had potentially disastrous consequences.
  • resist: The variable pitch of the screw flights uniformly draws material from the hopper and resists segregation of the product.
  • reinforce: This revealed that, while school development could be enhanced, " school choice reinforces segregation both ethnically and in terms of performance " .

Adjective modifier

  • racial: Racial segregation was a reality in Virginia in the epidemic years.
  • occupational: Another key concern is ' occupational segregation ' , where women get to do only certain types of jobs.
  • residential: Residential segregation between two ethnic groups is likely to indicate some significant difference between them.
  • sectarian: As a result of these concerns, the definition of sectarian segregation used in the research has broadened.
  • auditory: Effects of attention and unilateral neglect on auditory stream segregation.
  • concurrent: The results, combined with recent psychophysical evidence, suggest that differences in pulse rate are unlikely to prove useful for concurrent sound segregation.

Modifies a noun

indices: The united states segregation indices for family share of.

Noun used with modifier

  • chromosome: The production of gametes, be they sperm in males or eggs in females, requires major changes in the mechanism of chromosome segregation.
  • gender: This passion for donkeys, a direct result of gender segregation, later spread to Persia.
  • stream: Second, we investigated the neural basis of stream segregation using fMRI.
  • sex: Vertical Sex Segregation in Nordic countries; start 2005.
  • waste: A five skip waste segregation system has resulted in a 65 % reduction in waste volume against ' average ' .