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minus sign

minus sign noun: the symbol −, used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative.

Noun

minus sign (plural minus signs)

  1. The symbol −, used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative.

minus sign meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Tagalog

minus sign in Tamil

கழித்தற் குறி

minus sign in Urdu

علامت نفی

minus sign in Telugu

symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
ఋణసంజ్ఞ r̥ṇasañjña

minus sign in Tagalog

symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
tandang bawas, tanda ng palabawasan
More languagesFewer languages
minus sign in Arabic
نَاقَص nāqaṣ
minus sign in Persian
علامت منها 'alâmat-e menhâ
minus sign in Thai
เครื่องหมายลบ krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-lóp
minus sign in Vietnamese
dấu âm
minus sign in Myanmar
အနုတ်လက္ခဏာ a.nutlakhka.na

Forms of minus sign

pluralminus signs

Questions about minus sign

What does minus sign mean?
Minus sign means the symbol −, used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative.
What is minus sign in Tamil?
Minus sign in Tamil is கழித்தற் குறி. See Minus sign meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is minus sign?
Minus sign is a noun.
What is the plural of minus sign?
The plural of minus sign is minus signs.

Words near minus sign in the dictionary

  1. minum
  2. minums
  3. minus
  4. minus pool
  5. minus pools
  6. minus sign
  7. minus signs
  8. minus well
  9. minus-alpha-pinene
  10. minus-one
  11. minus-plus sign

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minus sign (page history and authors); minus sign (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); minus sign (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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