# Segregation

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**Segregation** may refer to:

## Separation of people

- [Geographical segregation](/source/Geographical_segregation), rates of two or more populations which are not homogenous throughout a defined space
- [School segregation](/source/School_segregation)
- [Housing segregation](/source/Housing_segregation)
- [Racial segregation](/source/Racial_segregation), separation of humans into racial groups in daily life - [Racial segregation in the United States](/source/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States)
- [Religious segregation](/source/Religious_segregation), the separation of people according to their religion
- [Residential segregation](/source/Residential_segregation), the physical separation of two or more groups into different neighbourhoods
- [Sex segregation](/source/Sex_segregation), the physical, legal, and cultural separation of people according to their biological sex
- [Occupational segregation](/source/Occupational_segregation), the distribution of people based upon demographic characteristics, most often gender, both across and within occupations and jobs
- [Age segregation](/source/Age_segregation), separation of people based on their age and may be observed in many aspects of some societies
- Health segregation - see [quarantine](/source/Quarantine) and [isolation (health care)](/source/Isolation_(health_care)). Segregation of the general public according to compliance with mandated measures issued by public health authorities, as per the global response to [COVID-19](/source/COVID-19) during 2020-2022.
- Segregation of inmates in prisons - see [protective custody](/source/Protective_custody) and [solitary confinement](/source/Solitary_confinement).

## Separation of objects

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

## Other uses

- [Segregate (taxonomy)](/source/Segregate_(taxonomy)), created when a taxon is split off from another taxon
- [Chromosome segregation](/source/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](/source/Mendel's_law_of_segregation), observation in Mendelian inheritance that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring
- [Security segregation](/source/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](/source/Segregated_cycle_facilities), marked lanes, tracks, shoulders and paths designated for use by bicyclists
- [Trail segregation](/source/Trail_segregation), the practice of designating certain trails as having a specific preferred or exclusive use

## See also

- [Segment (disambiguation)](/source/Segment_(disambiguation))
- [Separate (disambiguation)](/source/Separate_(disambiguation))

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