minus sign
English
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.
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.
Translations
symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
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