Hyphenation of sextant

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

sex-tant

Definitions of sextant:

1.	A unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
2.	A measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects Resembles an octant

Synonyms of sextant:

noun	angular unit
noun	measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device

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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.