Hyphenation of mercury

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

mer-cury

Definitions of mercury:

1.	A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element The only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
2.	(Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce Counterpart of Greek Hermes
3.	The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
4.	Temperature measured by a mercury thermometer The mercury was falling rapidly

Synonyms of mercury:

noun	quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80, metallic element, metal
noun	Mercury, Roman deity
noun	Mercury, inferior planet
noun	temperature

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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.