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Hyphenation of touchdown

How to hyphenate touchdown

touchdown is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the precise hyphenation for the word you've entered. This method guarantees that your text is hyphenated correctly and conforms to established linguistic norms. touchdown is hyphenated as:

touch-down
Syllables Count
2
Characters Count
9
Alpha-numeric Characters Count
9
Hyphens Count
1
Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: tou2ch1down

Definitions of touchdown

touchdown is defined as:

Definition 1 as noun

  • noun
    A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.

    Example: Today I scored my first touchdown.

  • noun
    A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team’s own in-goal to stop the play
  • noun
    A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team’s in-goal)
  • noun
    The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.

    Example: The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.

  • noun
    The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.

Words nearby touchdown

What is hyphenation

Hyphenation is the process of dividing words across lines in print or on websites. It involves inserting hyphens (-) where a word breaks to continue on the next line.

Proper hyphenation improves readability by reducing the unevenness of word spacing and unnecessary large gaps. It also helps avoid confusion that may occur when part of a word carries over. Ideal hyphenation should break words according to pronunciation and syllables. Most word processors and publishing apps have automated tools to handle hyphenation effectively based on language rules and dictionaries. Though subtle, proper hyphenation improves overall typography and reading comfort.