single-sex

sin·gle-sex

(sĭng′gəl-sĕks′)

adj.

Same-sex.

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single-sex

adj

(Education) (of schools, etc) admitting members of one sex only; not coeducational

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Translations

single-sex

adj education → nach Geschlechtern getrennt; a single-sex class → eine reine Jungen-/Mädchenklasse; a single-sex school → eine reine Jungen-/Mädchenschule

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