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minus sign

noun

, Arithmetic.
  1. the symbol (−) denoting subtraction or a negative quantity.


minus sign

noun

  1. the symbol –, indicating subtraction or a negative quantity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of minus sign1

First recorded in 1660–70
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Example Sentences

From there, tap the green plus sign to add any of the options to your Control Center and use the red minus sign to remove them.

In the screenshot below, you can see Google suggesting the search may want to add a minus sign to the word running in order to filter out those words in their search.

To unearth what you need, put a minus sign in front of any terms you want excluded from your search.

In column 10 where the dates are given, a minus sign indicates the past and a plus sign the future.

For weeks after that, though, I carried four hundred on the books with a minus sign in front.

The minus sign prefixed to a reading means that the variable was placed on the side of the fixed line.

When the temperature has fallen, put a minus sign (-) before the number of degrees of fall.

It was like a bracket preceded by a minus sign, which affected all that was within the bracket.

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