What does segregation mean?
segregation. Noun
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. (Can we clean up(+) ; this sense?) ; (biology) ; The Mendelian Law of Segregation related to genetic transmission or geographical segregation of various species.
3. (mineralogy) ; Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
4. (politics, public policy) ; The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) ; into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex) ;.
5. (sociology) ; The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) ; into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc) ;.
