Meaning of MINUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'mInus
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated; "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one"
- [adj] involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"
- [adj] on the negative side or lower end of a scale; "minus 5 degrees"; "a grade of B minus"
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | disadvantageous, harmful, negative, subtraction |
| |
| | Antonyms: | | plus | | |
| | See Also: | | arithmetic operation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Mi"nus\, a. [L. See {Minor}, and cf. {Mis-} pref. from
the French.] (Math.)
Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus
quantity.
{Minus sign} (Math.), the sign [-] denoting minus, or less,
prefixed to negative quantities, or quantities to be
subtracted. See {Negative sign}, under {Negative}.
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Computing Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | - Common: dash; ITU-T: hyphen; ITU-T: minus. Rare: INTERCAL: worm; option; dak; bithorpe. |
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | barring, bereaved, bereaved of, bereft, cut off, decrement, deduction, deficient, denuded, deprived of, devoid, discounting, divested, except, excepting, exception taken of, excluding, exclusive of, existless, from, inadequate, inferior, insufficient, lacking, leaving out, less, minuend, missing, negative, nonexistent, not counting, null, off, out of, parted from, plus, positive, robbed of, sans, save, shorn of, short, short of, stripped of, subtrahend, unexisting, unreached, vacuous, void, wanting, without, without being |
| |
|
|
|