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minus

1. 

a. indicating or involving subtraction

b. having a value or designating a quantity less than zero

2. on the negative part of a scale or coordinate axis

3. Education slightly below the standard of a particular grade

4. Botany designating the strain of a fungus that can only undergo sexual reproduction with a plus strain

5. denoting a negative electric charge

6. short for minus sign

7. a negative quantity

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minus [′mī·nəs]

(mathematics)

AminusBmeans that the quantityBis to be subtracted from the quantityA.

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minus - - Common: dash; ITU-T: hyphen; ITU-T: minus. Rare: INTERCAL: worm; option; dak; bithorpe.