What does "syllabication" mean?

The act of syllabifying; syllabification.

How do you pronounce "syllabication"?

Pronounced //sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən//.

Common synonyms include: hyphenation rules, syllabication instruction, syllabification, syllabifying, syllable analysis, syllable boundary rules.

/sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun

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Noun

1
The act of syllabifying; syllabification. countable, uncountable
"I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters."
2
forming or dividing words into syllables wordnet

"I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters."

First attested in 1631; from the Medieval Latin sillabicātio, syllabicātio, noun of action of the verb syllabicō, from syllaba (“syllable”).