DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
segregation
/,sɛgrə'ɡeɪʃən/ · sɛgrəɡeɪʃən
Segregation has 4 syllables: seg · re · ga · tion.
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noun. The act of segregating or sequestering.
noun. A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups.
noun. (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes.
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