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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024seg•re•ga•tion /ˌsɛgrɪˈgeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Sociologythe act or practice of segregating.
- Sociologythe state of being segregated.
seg•re•ga•tion•ist, n. [countable]See -greg-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024seg•re•ga•tion (seg′ri gā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Sociologythe act or practice of segregating.
- Sociologythe state or condition of being segregated:the segregation of private clubs.
- something segregated.
- Geneticsthe separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis. Cf. law of segregation.
- Late Latin sēgregātiōn- (stem of sēgregātiō), equivalent. to sēgregāt(us) (see segregate) + -iōn- -ion
- 1545–55
seg′re•ga′tion•al, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: segregation /ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən/ n - the act of segregating or state of being segregated
- the practice or policy of creating separate facilities within the same society for the use of a minority group
- the separation at meiosis of the two members of any pair of alleles into separate gametes
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