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segregation
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segregation: see apartheid apartheid (əpärt`hīt) [Afrik.
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; 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.
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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.


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