Segregation may refer to:

Separation of people

Geographical segregation Geographical segregation exists whenever the proportions of population rates of two or more populations are not homogenous throughout a defined space. Populations can be considered any plant or animal species, human genders, followers of a certain ...

, rates of two or more populations which are not homogenous throughout a defined space *

School segregation School segregation is the division of people into different groups in the education system by characteristics such as race, religion, or ethnicity. See also *'' D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic'' *School segregation in the United States *Single ...

* Housing segregation *

Racial segregation Racial segregation is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life. Racial segregation can amount to the international crime of apartheid and a crime against humanity under the Statute of the Intern ...

, 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, healthcare, education, employment, and transportation on racial grounds. The term is mainly used in reference to the legally ...

, a specific period in U.S. history *

Religious segregation Religious segregation is the separation of people according to their religion. The term has been applied to cases of religious-based segregation which occurs as a social phenomenon, as well as segregation which arises from laws, whether they are ex ...

, the separation of people according to their religion * Residential segregation, the physical separation of two or more groups into different neighbourhoods *

Sex segregation Sex segregation, sex separation, gender segregation or gender separation is the physical, legal, or cultural separation of people according to their Sex, biological sex. Sex segregation can refer simply to the physical and spatial separation by s ...

, the physical, legal, and cultural separation of people according to their biological sex *

Occupational segregation Occupational segregation is the distribution of workers across and within occupations, based upon demographic characteristics, most often gender. Other types of occupational segregation include racial and ethnicity segregation, and sexual orien ...

, 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 In materials science, segregation is the enrichment of atoms, ions, or molecules at a microscopic region in a materials system. While the terms segregation and adsorption are essentially synonymous, in practice, segregation is often used to descr ...

, enrichment of a material constituent at a free surface or an internal interface of a material *

Particle segregation In particle segregation, particulate solids, and also quasi-solids such as foams, tend to segregate by virtue of differences in the size, and also physical properties such as volume, density, shape and other properties of particles of which they ...

, tendency of particulate solids to segregate by size, density, shape, and other properties *

Magnetic-activated cell sorting Magnetic-activated cell sorting (MACS) is a method for separation of various cell populations depending on their surface antigens ( CD molecules) invented by Miltenyi Biotec. The name MACS is a registered trademark of the company. The method was d ...

, a method for separation of various cell populations depending on their surface antigens

Other uses

Segregate (taxonomy) In taxonomy, a segregate, or a segregate taxon is created when a taxon is split off from another taxon. This other taxon will be better known, usually bigger, and will continue to exist, even after the segregate taxon has been split off. A segregate ...

, created when a taxon is split off from another taxon *

Chromosome segregation Chromosome segregation is the process in eukaryotes by which two sister chromatids formed as a consequence of DNA replication, or paired homologous chromosomes, separate from each other and migrate to opposite poles of the nucleus. This segrega ...

, the process that occurs during cell division whereby chromosomes separate and migrate to opposite ends of the cell *

Mendel's law of segregation Mendelian inheritance (also known as Mendelism) is a type of biological inheritance following the principles originally proposed by Gregor Mendel in 1865 and 1866, re-discovered in 1900 by Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns, and later popularize ...

, observation in Mendelian inheritance that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring *

Security segregation Security segregation, in the context of the securities industry, refers to regulatory rules requiring that customer assets held by a financial institution (generally a brokerage firm) be held separate from assets of the brokerage firm itself in a ...

, regulatory rules requiring that customer assets be held separate from assets of a brokerage firm, on the broker's books *

Segregated cycle facilities Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by motorists are also cycling infrastructure, except whe ...

, marked lanes, tracks, shoulders and paths designated for use by bicyclists *

Trail segregation A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or small road usually passing through a natural area. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a path or footpath is the preferred term for a pedestrian or hiking trail. Th ...

, the practice of designating certain trails as having a specific preferred or exclusive use