Hyphenation of heredity

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

hered-i-ty

Definitions of heredity:

1.	The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
2.	The total of inherited attributes

Synonyms of heredity:

noun	organic process, biological process
noun	genetic endowment, property

Last hyphenations of this language

henchmen floridness melter Methuselah quaky quieted cross-eyedness quasi quern flora epitaph gin underpay episcopacy cross-fertile Gilchrist metaplasia gigabit snow-drifted instrument

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.