minus sign : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: minus sign	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for minus sign
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minus sign n a sign indicating the operation of subtraction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Minus \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}.