minus sign
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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
- Dutch: minteken n.
- Estonian: miinusmärk
- Finnish: miinusmerkki
- French: signe moins m.
- Icelandic: mínusmerki n., mínus m.
- Italian: segno meno m.
- Polish: minus pl(pl) m.
- Spanish: signo menos m.
- Swedish: minustecken n., minus n.
