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{{character info/var|⁻|₋|➖}}
==Translingual==

===Glyph origin===
There are many theories regarding the origin of the minus sign. According to one theory, it originates from a handwriting form of the letter ''m'' (for {{m|la|minus}}) that came to resemble a horizontal bar,<ref>{{cite-book|author=Wright, D. Franklin|author2=New, Bill D.|title=Intermediate Algebra|edition=4th|year=2000|publisher=Thomson Learning|page=1}}</ref> Another theory traces it back to a [[hieratic]] sign.

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol|name=minus sign}}

# {{lb|mul|mathematics}} [[subtraction]]
#: 8 − 3 = 5
# {{lb|mul|mathematics}} [[w:Negative_and_non-negative_numbers|negative sign]]. "negative", "minus", "the opposite of"
#* [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/etc/medialib/docs/Aldrich/Acta/al_acta_30_01.pdf Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich]
#*: Decomposition of 4 in the presence of cis-piperylene at room temperature results in the stereocontrolled formation of trans-cycloheptadiene 27 in 90% ee (96% ee at '''-'''78 °C).
#: −(−5) = 5
# {{lb|mul|informal|slang}} [[less than|Less than]], or “or less”.
#: {{ux|mul|13'''-'''|t='''less than''' 13 (years old)}}
# {{lb|mul|mathematics}} [[w:Complement_(set_theory)|Relative complement]]. "minus", "without".
#: {1,2,4} − {1,3,4} = {2}
# {{lb|mul|mathematics}} from the [[negative]] side
#: <math>\lim_{x\to a^-}f(x)</math> is the same as <math>\lim_{x\uparrow a}\,f(x)</math>
# {{lb|mul|medicine}} rejective result from [[laboratory]] [[test]]
# {{lb|mul|electricity}} [[cathode]]

====Quotations====
{{seeCites|mul}}

====Synonyms====
* {{q|non-Anglophone countries}} {{l|mul|÷}}
* {{sense|relative complement}} {{l|mul|∖}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|all except relative complement}} {{l|mul|+}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|mul|-}} (hyphen-minus)

===References===
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