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negative sign

British

noun

the symbol (–) used to indicate a negative quantity or a subtraction; minus sign

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So if people don't seem engaged in what you're saying, there's a chance you'll pick up on that negative sign.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2023

Analysts widely consider a range between 50% and 60% as optimal for banks, and see rising efficiency ratios as a negative sign.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2022

If the team is favored — it has a negative number — calculate the decimal by dividing 100 by the negative number, ignoring the negative sign.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2022

The negative sign indicates that the reaction is exothermic.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The significance of this negative sign is that among the communities studied those where the number of professional men is the larger show always, at the same time, the lower birth rates.

From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by Kellicott, William E.

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