1. division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page; [syn: word division, hyphenation]
2. connecting syllables and words by hyphens;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hyphenation
n 1: division of a word especially at the end of a line on a
page [syn: word division, hyphenation]
2: connecting syllables and words by hyphens