Hyphenation of percussion

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word percussion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

per-cus-sion

Definitions of percussion:

1.	The act of playing a percussion instrument
2.	The act of exploding a percussion cap
3.	The section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
4.	Tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes

Synonyms of percussion:

noun	music
noun	detonation
noun	percussion section, rhythm section, section
noun	pleximetry, auscultation

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.