segregation (segregashon)

[OF. segre gation, F. ségrégation = Sp. segregacion = Pg. segregação, A segregation of the Turkish fleet. Shak., Othello, ii. 1. 10. 2. In crystal., separation from a ma and gathering about centers through crystallization.3. In geol. and mining, a separating out from a rock of a band or seam, or a nodular ma of some kind of mineral or metalliferous matter, differing more or le in texture or in composition or in both respects from the material in which it is inclosed. Many important metalliferous deposits appear to be of the nature of segregations. See segregated vein, under vein. segregative (seg're-ga-tiv), a. [= F. ségréga tif =Sp. segregativo; as segregate + -ive.] Tending to or characterized by segregation or separation into clusters. The influences of barbarism, beyond narrow limits, are prevailingly segregative. Whitney , Life and Growth of Lang., p. 158. segue (sa'gwe), v. i. [It., it follows, 3d pers. sing. pres. ind. of seguire , follow, sequi , follow: see sequent, sue.] In music , same as at tacca.