Hyphenation of catalyst

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

cat-a-lyst

Definitions of catalyst:

1.	(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
2.	Something that causes an important event to happen The invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country

Synonyms of catalyst:

noun	accelerator, activator
noun	causal agent, cause, causal agency

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.