Definition of "hyphenation" []

• The inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens. (noun)

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• "As far as TeX or any typesetting is concerned, one of the most noticeable language-specific problems is incorrect hyphenation, that is, breaking words at sensible places."
• "It's confusing enough to grow up in a place like America, a country without definitive culture, except for ranch dressing and reality TV, but it's even worse to grow up half one thing, half another, christened a hyphenation of names without connection to either owner, raised by “parents” who redefine suburban bickering."
• "As teenagers, my sister and I eventually discovered the truth when we stumbled across our birth certificates and saw that blasted hyphenation."