Segregation

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
 * Religious segregation, the separation of people according to their religion
 * Residential segregation, 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