Hyphenation of contraction

How to hyphenate contraction

Because it is a word with a single syllable, contraction is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

contraction

Syllables Count: 1
Characters Count: 11
Alpha-numeric Characters Count: 11
Hyphens Count: 0

Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: contraction

Definitions of contraction

contraction is defined as:

Definition 1 as noun

noun
A reversible reduction in size.
noun
A period of economic decline or negative growth.
Example: The country's economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.
noun
A shortening of a muscle when it is used.
noun
A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
noun
A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
Example: In English didn't, that's, and wanna, the endings -n't, -'s, and -a arose by contraction.
noun
(English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
Example: "Don't" is a contraction of "do not."
noun
A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
noun
The process of contracting a disease.
Example: the contraction of malaria
noun
Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
noun
The acquisition of something, generally negative.
Example: Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors.
noun
A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.

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What is hyphenation

Hyphenation is the process of splitting words into syllables and inserting hyphens between them to facilitate the reading of a text. It is also used to divide words when the word cannot fit on a line.

This technique is particularly helpful in fully justified texts, where it aids in creating a uniform edge along both sides of a paragraph. Hyphenation rules vary among languages and even among different publications within the same language. It's a critical component in typesetting, significantly influencing the aesthetics and readability of printed and digital media. For instance, in compound adjectives like 'long-term solution', hyphens clarify relationships between words, preventing misinterpretation. Moreover, hyphenation can alter meanings: 'recreation' differs from 're-creation'.

With the advent of digital text, hyphenation algorithms have become more sophisticated, though still imperfect, sometimes requiring manual adjustment to ensure accuracy and coherence in text layout. Understanding and correctly applying hyphenation rules is therefore not only a matter of linguistic accuracy but also a key aspect of effective visual communication.