Hyphenation of asterism

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word asterism? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

as-ter-ism

Definitions of asterism:

1.	(mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light
2.	(astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)

Synonyms of asterism:

noun	star
noun	natural object

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.