Segregation
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of segregating or sequestering
"Sequestration of the jury"
(2) A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
(3) (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.
- separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.