Hyphenation of acetylene

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word acetylene? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

acety-lene

Definitions of acetylene:

1.	A colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

Synonyms of acetylene:

noun	ethyne, alkyne, aliphatic compound

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