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Hyphenation for “recessives”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “recessives”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "recessives" 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 “recessives” 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: „recessives“ ⟶ „re-ces-sives“.

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 "recessives"

recessives >> /rɪˈsɛsɪv/

Definition: [noun] A recessive trait or gene.
Example: Instead selection causes the same increase in allele frequency in both dominants and recessives, at least early on when the fates of nearly all alleles are determined.

Definition: [adjective] Relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes which are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents.
Example: Self-pollination in these strains was found to be controlled by duplicate, recessive genes.

Definition: [adjective] Undergoing an economic recession.
Example: the recessive housing market

Definition: [adjective] (of the stress on a word or phrase) tending to fall on the first syllable.
Example: recessive stress is characteristic of British English

Definition: [adjective] Tending to fall into disuse.
Example: this variant was a low-status and recessive feature