Hyphenation of incubation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word incubation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

in-cu-ba-tion

Definitions of incubation:

1.	Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
2.	(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
3.	Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

Synonyms of incubation:

noun	care, attention, aid, tending
noun	phase, stage
noun	brooding, parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing

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.