minus sign
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
minus sign (plural minus signs)
- (mathematics) The symbol − or - used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative.
Usage notes[edit]
- Often in typography (and always in computer programming), the hyphen (-) is used instead of the minus sign (−); in many fonts, the symbols are barely distinguishable or not at all (although the difference is clear in Times Roman). Careful typographers use the minus sign instead of the hyphen.
Translations[edit]
symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
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