Segregation may refer to:

Separation of people

* Geographical segregation, rates of two or more populations which are not homogenous throughout a defined space * School segregation * Housing segregation * Racial segregation, separation of humans into racial groups in daily life **

Racial segregation in the United States In the United States, racial segregation is the systematic separation of facilities and services such as Housing in the United States, housing, Healthcare in the United States, healthcare, Education in the United States, education, Employment in ...

, a specific period in U.S. history * Religious segregation, the separation of people according to their religion *

Residential segregation Residential segregation in the United States is the physical separation of two or more groups into different neighborhoods—a form of segregation that "sorts population groups into various neighborhood contexts and shapes the living environment a ...

, the physical separation of two or more groups into different neighbourhoods * Sex segregation, the physical, legal, and cultural separation of people according to their biological sex * Occupational segregation, the distribution of people based upon demographic characteristics, most often gender, both across and within occupations and jobs * Age segregation, separation of people based on their age and may be observed in many aspects of some societies * Health segregation. Segregation by health condition.

Separation of objects

* Segregation in materials, enrichment of a material constituent at a free surface or an internal interface of a material * Particle segregation, tendency of particulate solids to segregate by size, density, shape, and other properties * Magnetic-activated cell sorting, a method for separation of various cell populations depending on their surface antigens

Other uses

* Segregate (taxonomy), created when a taxon is split off from another taxon * Chromosome segregation, the process that occurs during cell division whereby chromosomes separate and migrate to opposite ends of the cell * Mendel's law of segregation, observation in Mendelian inheritance that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring * Security segregation, regulatory rules requiring that customer assets be held separate from assets of a brokerage firm, on the broker's books * Segregated cycle facilities, marked lanes, tracks, shoulders and paths designated for use by bicyclists * Trail segregation, the practice of designating certain trails as having a specific preferred or exclusive use

Separation of people

Separation of objects

Other uses

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