Hyphenation of truncation

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

trun-ca-tion

Definitions of truncation:

1.	The property of being truncated or short
2.	The replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
3.	The act of cutting short It is an obvious truncation of the verse They were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs

Synonyms of truncation:

noun	shortness, lowness
noun	carving, cutting
noun	shortening

Last hyphenations of this language

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