minus sign
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
minus sign (plural minus signs)
- (mathematics) The symbol − or - used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative.
[edit] Usage notes
- 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.
[edit] Translations
symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
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