"syllabation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪləˈbeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: sĭləbāʹshən [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: First attested in 1829; formed as the Latin syllaba (“syllable”) + the English -ation; compare the French syllabation and the Medieval Latin syllabō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|syllaba||syllable}} Latin syllaba (“syllable”), {{cog|en|-ation}} English -ation, {{cog|fr|syllabation}} French syllabation, {{cog|ML.|syllabō}} Medieval Latin syllabō Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} syllabation (uncountable)
  1. (rare) syllabification Tags: rare, uncountable Synonyms: syllabification [Anglicism], syllabisation
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          "ref": "1829 June 20, F.C. Belfour, “A Dissertation on the Establishment and Present State of the Arabic Press, Both in the East and West” in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, volume 2 (1830 May–August), page 270",
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