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Use of Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary to construct a master hyphenation list

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A machine-readable form of Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary has been obtained. After substantial processing to understand the form and content of the dictionary and to correct residual typographical errors, we have begun the task of constructing a master word-hyphenation list based on this dictionary and other sources. Substantial problems can arise in preparing the master hyphenation list because of incompatible hyphenation definitions from various sources. Some statistics are given.

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AFIPS '82: Proceedings of the June 7-10, 1982, national computer conference
June 1982
857 pages
ISBN:088283035X
DOI:10.1145/1500774
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