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minus

DEFINITIONS OF: minus

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adj on the negative side or lower end of a scale

minus 5 degrees”
“a grade of B minus
Synonyms
negative
less than zero
Antonyms:
plus
on the positive side or higher end of a scale
nonnegative
either positive or zero
positive
greater than zero
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adj involving disadvantage or harm

minus (or negative) factors”
Synonyms:
negative
disadvantageous
constituting a disadvantage

n an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

“four minus three equals one”
Synonyms:
subtraction
Type of:
arithmetic operation
a mathematical operation involving numbers
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