Hyphenation of zirconium

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

zir-co-ni-um

Definitions of zirconium:

1.	A lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium It is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber It occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon

Synonyms of zirconium:

noun	Zr, atomic number 40, metallic element, metal

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