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Meaning of "minus sign" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINUS SIGN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINUS SIGN

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Minus sign is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MINUS SIGN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plus and minus signs

The plus and minus signs are mathematical symbols used to represent the notions of positive and negative as well as the operations of addition and subtraction. Their use has been extended to many other meanings, more or less analogous. Plus and minus are Latin terms meaning "more" and "less", respectively.

Definition of minus sign in the English dictionary

The definition of minus sign in the dictionary is the symbol –, indicating subtraction or a negative quantity.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINUS SIGN

minuend
minuet
minus
minus quantity
minuscular
minuscule
minute
minute book
minute gun
minute hand
minute mark
minute of arc
minute secretary
minute steak
minutely
Minuteman
Minutemen
minuteness
minutes
minutia

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINUS SIGN

air sign
birth sign
call sign
design
dollar sign
earth sign
equal sign
equals sign
Indian sign
inn sign
negative sign
neon sign
peace sign
plus sign
pound sign
road sign
star sign
stop sign
sun sign
traffic sign
warning sign

Synonyms and antonyms of minus sign in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «minus sign» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINUS SIGN

Find out the translation of minus sign to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of minus sign from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «minus sign» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

减号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

signo menos
570 millions of speakers

English

minus sign
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऋण चिह्न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علامة الطرح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

знак минус
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sinal de menos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিয়োগ চিহ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

signe moins
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tolak tanda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

minus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイナス記号
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마이너스 기호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Minus tandha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dấu trừ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கழித்தல் அடையாளம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वजा चिन्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eksi işareti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

segno meno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

znak minus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

знак мінус
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semnul minus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρνητικό πρόσημο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

minus teken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

minustecken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

minustegnet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of minus sign

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINUS SIGN»

The term «minus sign» is regularly used and occupies the 74.145 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINUS SIGN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «minus sign» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «minus sign» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about minus sign

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINUS SIGN»

Discover the use of minus sign in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to minus sign and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
If You Were a Minus Sign
Primary math concepts are introduced using creative examples, easy-to-understand text and art illustration.
Rebecca Fjelland Davis, 2008
2
Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice and Evaluation
The plus or minus sign in front of the correlation coefficient indicates whether the correlation is positive or negative (inverse). Having a minus sign does not mean that the correlation is weaker than if it had a plus sign. The minus sign means ...
Allen Rubin, 2012
3
Oracle PL/SQL Programming
MI Suffix: places a minus sign (-) after the number if it is negative. Ifthe number is positive, a trailing space is placed after the number. S Prefix: places a plus sign ( +) in front ofa positive number and a minus sign (-) in front ofa negative number.
Steven Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl, 2005
4
The Effective Health Care Supervisor
In the actual columns the occasional minus sign after a dollar amount indicates a credit to an account. In Exhibit 21-2 the negative amount for account 901, Dues and Subscriptions, reflects a refund received upon cancellation of a prepaid ...
Charles R. McConnell, 2007
5
Python Scripting for Computational Science
That is, the number starts with an optional minus sign, followed by one digit, followed by a dot, followed by a sequence of one or more digits, followed by E or e, then a plus or minus sign and finally one or two digits. Translating this to a regular ...
Hans Petter Langtangen, 2008
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A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux 8
... files you are comparing will be denoted by a plus sign (+) and which by a minus sign (–). Figure 3-7 shows that a minus sign indicates the colors.1 file; a plus sign, the colors.2 file. The diff –u command breaks long, multiline text into hunks.
Mark G. Sobell, 2003
7
High school: a comprehensive manipulative program for algebra I
In particular, make sure they know the name of each of the blocks, and that they understand the two ways to illustrate the minus sign and its three meanings. In any case, it is recommended that you do not skip the Explorations. (For notes on  ...
Henri Picciotto, 1990
8
Microsoft Office 2003 All-in-one
To view related data for each record, click the plus sign (which then changes to a minus sign). A table appears that contains the related data for that record. In this example, the Employees table provides the related data (which, if you look back ...
Joseph W. Habraken, 2004
9
Taking Your iPhone 4 to the Max
A small minus sign in a red circle appears at the top-left corner of the icon. Tap the minus sign to quit the application. Figure 2–9. To quit an app that is running, double-click the Home button to display all the currently active apps, and then tap  ...
Erica Sadun, Steve Sande, 2010
10
Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference
For values less than one dollar, the units of measure are sometimes noted in cents rather than dollars. Whichever method is used it should remain consistent throughout a given chart. $-200.00 $-100.00 $-50.00 Minus sign between dollar sign ...
Robert L. Harris, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINUS SIGN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term minus sign is used in the context of the following news items.
1
No Growth, No Profit, No Problem
A big one, $3.9 billion, so "earnings" with a plus-sign in front of it, rather than a minus sign. A feat that seems impossible to reach for a number ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
2
Which One's Goatville? Newhallville?
In fact, every image with a red negative (minus sign) can be found in Goatville and every picture with a green positive (plus sign) is from ... «New Haven Independent, Jul 15»
3
Johnston Press staring into the abyss
Essentially I was unable to calculate a bottom without using a minus sign. Now there is a little good news, which is slightly confusing. Because ... «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»
4
France played the U.S. in American football and received a truly epic …
Yes, that's a minus sign in front of the 26. Interestingly, the time of possession in the game was pretty evenly split, but that's only because the ... «BGR, Jul 15»
5
Did this teen spot an error in a 34-year-old math exhibit at a Boston …
The 15-year-old math whiz said he saw a minus sign where he believed there should be a plus sign in an equation related to the golden ratio, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
6
Teen catches math error in golden ratio at Boston museum
... AND I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE EQUATIONS HAD A MINUS SIGN INSTEAD OF A+ SIGN -- NOT ONE OF THEM, THREE OF THEM. «WCVB Boston, Jul 15»
7
Winchester student spots error in Boston museum exhibit
We will be changing the minus sign to a plus sign on the three places it appears, if we can manage to do it without damaging the original.”. «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
8
13 Google Tricks That Will Change How You Search
If you type a minus sign (-) before a word, Google will exclude it from the search completely. This makes weeding through your first page of ... «AlleyWatch, Jun 15»
9
Fact checking the Obamacare rhetoric, pro and con
(In other words, read anything with a minus sign as positive, and anything with no sign as negative.) The CBO calculated that from 2016 to 2025 ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
10
Special Relativity and the Road Not Taken
Notice that they could have used the letters A through H and not used a single minus sign. Yet for the product table, wolfram chose to write it ... «Science 2.0, Jun 15»

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