Hyphenation of lumen

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

lu-men

Definitions of lumen:

1.	A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
2.	A cavity or passage in a tubular organ The lumen of the intestine

Synonyms of lumen:

noun	lm, luminous flux unit
noun	cavity, bodily cavity, cavum

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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.