segregation, sequestration
(noun) the act of segregating or sequestering; “sequestration of the jury”
segregation, separatism
(noun) a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
segregation
(noun) (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
segregation (countable and uncountable, plural segregations)
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.
(biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
(mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
(politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
(sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
(genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
• apartheid
• desegregation
• Saint George
Source: Wiktionary
Seg`re*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. segregatio: cf. F. ségrégation.]
1. The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.
2. (Geol.)
Definition: Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 January 2025
(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; “works of all the aforementioned authors”; “said party has denied the charges”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
