Sĕg're-gā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. segregatio, Fr. ségréga-tion, Sp. segregacion.]

1. The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.
2. (Crystallog.) Separation from a mass and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process, and due to the natural tendency of matter of a kind to collect together. Dana.