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segregation: see apartheid apartheid (əpärt`hīt) [Afrik. ..... Click the link for more information. ; integration integration, in U.S. history, the goal of an organized movement to break down the barriers of discrimination and segregation separating African Americans from the rest of American society. ..... Click the link for more information. . segregation 1. Genetics the separation at meiosis of the two members of any pair of alleles into separate gametes 2. Metallurgy 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 segregation [‚seg·rə′gā·shən] (engineering) The keeping apart of process streams. In plastics molding, a close succession of parallel, relatively narrow, and sharply defined wavy lines of color on the surface of a plastic that differ in shade from surrounding areas and create the impression that the components have separated. (genetics) The separation of homologous chromosomes, and thus the alleles they carry, during meiosis in the formation of gametes. (geology) The formation of a secondary feature within a sediment after deposition due to chemical rearrangement of minor constituents. (metallurgy) The nonuniform distribution of alloying elements, impurities, or microphases, resulting in localized concentrations. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He inspected the copra-drying that had been going on, and went through the barracks to see if there were any sick lying hidden and defying his rule of segregation. As the dancers poured out of the hall Frome, drawing back behind the projecting storm-door, watched the segregation of the grotesquely muffled groups, in which a moving lantern ray now and then lit up a face flushed with food and dancing. This pamphlet had a small circulation among workingmen; but already had the segregation of classes proceeded so far, that the members of the middle class never heard of the pamphlet at all, and so remained in ignorance of the law. |
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