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minus
preposition(mi-nus)
diminished by : less
minus
preposition(mi-nus)
deprived of : without
minus
noun(mi-nus)
a negative quantity
minus
noun(mi-nus)
a negative quality; especially : drawback
minus
adjective(mi-nus)
algebraically negative
minus
adjective(mi-nus)
having a negative quality
minus
adjective(mi-nus)
relating to or being a particular one of the two mating types that are required for successful fertilization in sexual reproduction in some lower plants (such as a fungus)
minus
noun(mi-nus)
a sign — used in mathematics to indicate subtraction (as in 8—6=2) or a negative quantity (as in —10°) —called also negative sign
minus
adjective(mi-nus)
indicating a quantity whose algebraically positive and negative values serve to bracket a range of values either alone or when added to and subtracted from a given number
minus
adverb(mi-nus)
more or less, approximately
minus
idiom(mi-nus)
—used to describe the less appealing or attractive part of something
minus
noun(mi-nus)
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet
minus
noun(mi-nus)
the extreme or final part : end
minus
noun(mi-nus)
a negatively charged elementary particle that has a mass 3270 times the mass of an electron —called also omega minus

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