SYLLABICATION
Syl*lab`i*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., §275.
SYLLABIFICATION
Syl*lab`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [See Syllabify.]
Defn: Same as Syllabication. Rush. Syllabification depends not on mere force, but on discontinuity of force. H. Sweet.
SYLLABIFY
Syl*lab"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syllabified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Syllabifying.] Etym: [L. syllaba syllable + -fy.]
Defn: To form or divide into syllables.
SYLLABISM
Syl"la*bism, n.
Defn: The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
SYLLABIST
Syl"la*bist, n.
Defn: One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.