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Syllabification

Syllabification \Syl*lab`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [See Syllabify.] Same as Syllabication.
--Rush.

Syllabification depends not on mere force, but on discontinuity of force.
--H. Sweet.

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syllabification

n. the division of a word into syllables.

WordNet
syllabification

n. forming or dividing words into syllables [syn: syllabication]

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Syllabification

Syllabification (pronunciation: ) or syllabication is the separation of a word into syllables, whether spoken or written.

Usage examples of "syllabification".

This is generally done without disturbing the syllabification, and it in no way impairs or obscures the dominant measure.

After reading a certain amount of manuscript verse one is disposed to anathematize the inventor of homophonous syllabification.