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MINUS

\mˈa͡ɪnəs], \mˈa‍ɪnəs], \m_ˈaɪ_n_ə_s]\

Definitions of MINUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The sign indicating subtraction.
Less; lacking; decreased by.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Less; algebraic term or sign denoting subtraction.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

(1) Less: indicated by a dash (-). (2) Negative.
Deprived of; lacking.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

In arith. and alg., the sign of subtraction, thus (-), which, placed between two quantities, means that the latter is to be subtracted from the former.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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