English

Noun

minus sign ‎(plural minus signs)

1. (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.

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See also

• division sign
• multiplication sign
• plus sign