segregableadj.
/ˈsɛɡrɪɡəb(ə)l/ That may be segregated.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > separated or cut off from > separated from main body > able to be
sequestrable1661
segregable1905
1905 W. Bateson et al. Rep. to Evol. Comm. Royal Soc. No. 2. 124 An extracted type..may carry on segregable determinants, whereby the individuals may, in reality, differ from each other, though outwardly alike.
1907 Contemp. Rev. June 908 Where the parent types differ in more than one pair of segregable characters we have new combinations of the parental characters.
1909 W. Bateson tr. Mendel's Princ. Heredity 13 Until the properties and laws of interaction of the segregable units have been much more thoroughly examined.
1978 P. Sutcliffe Oxf. Univ. Press vi. 241 Milford tried to divide his business into ‘segregable categories’.
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