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Hyphenation for “disk”

Showing how to split the syllables of “disk”.

What is the correct hyphenation for “disk”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "disk" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “disk” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „disk“ ⟶ „disk“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "disk"

disk >> /dɪsk/

Definition: [transitive verb] Cultivate (a field) with a disk harrow.
Example: To prepare the land, Lou mows down the scrub weed trees and remnant sugar cane where they plan to plant and then a neighboring farmer is hired to disk the ground.

Definition: [noun] A flat, thin, round object.
Example: heavy metal disks the size of hockey pucks

Definition: [noun] A shape or surface that is round and flat in appearance.
Example: the smudged yellow disk of the moon