hyphenation
/ˌhaɪfəˈneɪʃən/
noun
- The act or process of joining two words or parts of a word with a hyphen, or breaking a word at the end of a line with a hyphen.
- Good hyphenation makes a document look neat and professional.
- The editor checked the hyphenation in the compound word 'well-known'.
- The software automatically handles hyphenation when you justify the text.
- A specific instance or pattern of using hyphens in writing or printing.
- Different style guides have different rules for hyphenation of numbers.
- The hyphenation of 'mother-in-law' is standard in English.
- She studied the hyphenation of technical terms in the medical journal.