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Hyphenation for “hour”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “hour”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "hour" 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 “hour” 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: „hour“ ⟶ „hour“.

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 "hour"

hour >> ˈaʊə

Definition: [noun] a period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes.
Example: an extra hour of daylight in the winter evenings

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Definition: [noun] a time of day specified as an exact number of hours from midnight or midday.
Example: the clock in the sitting room struck the hour

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Definition: [noun] a fixed period of time for an activity, such as work, use of a building, etc.
Example: the dinner hour

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Definition: [noun] (in the Western (Latin) Church) a short service of psalms and prayers to be said at a particular time of day, especially in religious communities.
Example: an organized life of prayer including the canonical hours

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Definition: [noun] 15° of longitude or right ascension (one twenty-fourth part of a circle).

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