Hyphenation of ellipse

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

el-lipse

Definitions of ellipse:

1.	A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it The sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant

Synonyms of ellipse:

noun	oval, conic section, conic

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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.