segregative

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seg·re·gate (s

-g

)

v. seg·re·gat·ed, seg·re·gat·ing, seg·re·gates

v.tr.

1. To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group. See Synonyms at isolate.

2. To impose the separation of (a race or class) from the rest of society.

v.intr.

1. To become separated from a main body or mass.

2. To practice a policy of racial segregation.

3. Genetics To undergo genetic segregation.

adj. (-g

t, -g

)

Separated; isolated.

n. (-g

t, -g

)

1. One that is or has been segregated.

2. Genetics See segregant.

[Latin sgregre, sgregt- : s-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]

segre·gative adj.

segre·gator n.

Translations

segregative

adj → sich absondernd, Trennungs-

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