English
Noun
en-noun|sg=minus sign
- 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
Dutch: minteken n
Estonian: miinusmärk
Finnish: miinusmerkki
French: signe moins m
Icelandic: mÃnusmerki n, mÃnus m
Italian: segno meno m
Spanish: signo menos m
Swedish: minustecken n, minus n
See also
division sign
multiplication sign
plus sign
fr:minus sign
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