Hyphenation of peripheral

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

pe-riph-er-al

Definitions of peripheral:

1.	(computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer Disk drives and printers are important peripherals
2.	On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary The outer area Russia's peripheral provinces Peripheral suburbs
3.	Related to the key issue but not of central importance A peripheral interest Energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy Peripheral issues

Synonyms of peripheral:

adj	peripheral, circumferential, fringy, marginal, encircling, skirting, off-base
adj	incidental, incident
noun	computer peripheral, peripheral device, electronic equipment

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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.