Minus

['maɪnəs]

Definition

(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' .

Typist: Ursula--From WordNet

Definition

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

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Definition

adj. less: less than nothing or less than zero: deficient in respect of deprived of without.—n. an amount less than nothing: the sign (-) before quantities requiring to be subtracted.—n. Minus′cūle a semi-uncial cursive script originated by the monks in the 7th-9th centuries: any small or lower-case letter as distinguished from a capital or Majuscule.—adj. small of a letter: written in minuscule.

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