Hyphenation of secant

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

se-cant

Definitions of secant:

1.	A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
2.	Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

Synonyms of secant:

noun	straight line
noun	sec, trigonometric function, circular function

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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.