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Segregation
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the action of separating or isolating things from others
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The segregation of waste helps with recycling efficiency.
The museum displayed segregation of artifacts by period.
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a social system or practice that keeps minority groups separate from the majority, often through separate facilities or services
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Segregation in schools was common in the southern United States.
Laws enforcing segregation affected public transportation.
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(in genetics) the process by which paired alleles are separated during meiosis so that each gamete receives only one allele from each pair
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Mendel 's experiments demonstrated the segregation of alleles in peas.
The segregation of alleles ensures genetic variation in offspring.
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