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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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These segregations had political and social consequences according to historians and ethnographers of New York. Later sociological studies report that job and workplace segregations and the devaluation of female and minority jobs are to be blamed for the resulting wage gaps between men and women, Caucasians and non-Caucasians (England 1992; Tomaskovic-Devey and Skaggs 1999; Tomaskovic-Devey and Skaggs 2002). Wilmott is concerned that the segregations in the federal prisons may be a sign of the future. |
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