Hyphenation of SCAN

Are you trying to hyphenate SCAN? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

SCAN

Definitions of SCAN:

1.	The act of scanning Systematic examination of a prescribed region He made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars
2.	An image produced by scanning He analyzed the brain scan You could see the tumor in the CAT scan
3.	Examine minutely or intensely The surgeon scanned the X-ray
4.	Examine hastily She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
5.	Make a wide, sweeping search of The beams scanned the night sky
6.	Conform to a metrical pattern
7.	Move a light beam over In electronics, to reproduce an image
8.	Read metrically Scan verses
9.	Obtain data from magnetic tapes This dictionary can be read by the computer

Synonyms of SCAN:

noun	examination, scrutiny
noun	CAT scan, picture, image, icon, ikon
verb	examine, see
verb	skim, rake, glance over, run down, examine, see
verb	search
verb	conform
verb	move, displace
verb	declaim, recite
verb	read, interpret, construe, see

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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.