segregation

noun

1. 1

   The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.

2. 2

   The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.

3. 3

   Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

4. 4

   (public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).

5. 5

   The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).

6. 6

   The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis