— segregational , adj.
/seg'ri gay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act or practice of segregating.
2. the state or condition of being segregated: the segregation of private clubs.
3. something segregated.
4. Genetics. the separation of allelic genes into different gametes during meiosis. Cf. law of segregation .
[ 1545-55; segregation- (s. of segregatio ), equiv. to segregat ( us ) (see SEGREGATE) + -ion- -ION ]