Usually means: Separation of groups by characteristics.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word segregation:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. segregation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. segregation: Merriam-Webster
  3. segregation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. segregation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. segregation: Collins English Dictionary
  6. segregation: Vocabulary.com
  7. Segregation, segregation: Wordnik
  8. segregation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. segregation: Wiktionary
  10. segregation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. segregation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. segregation: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. segregation: Dictionary.com
  14. segregation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Segregation (Materials Science), Segregation (materials science), Segregation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Segregation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. segregation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. segregation: Rhymezone
  19. segregation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. segregation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. segregation: FreeDictionary.org
  22. segregation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. segregation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. segregation: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  5. segregation: Legal dictionary
  6. segregation: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. segregation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. segregation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  5. segregation: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Political (No longer online)
  3. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)
  2. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. segregation: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Metal Terminology (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See segregations as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  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.
noun:  (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
noun:  (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
noun:  (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
noun:  (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
noun:  (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis

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