āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
the operation of subtracting one number from another
02
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ, āĻāĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨
the sign - in mathematics, used to indicate subtraction or a negative number
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In the equation 8 - 3, the minus indicates that you should subtract 3 from 8.
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻ°āĻŖ 8 - 3 āĻ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° 8 āĻĨā§āĻā§ 3 āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
minus
01
entailing a disadvantage, loss, or harmful effect
02
below zero
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The thermometer showed a reading of minus ten.
01
used to indicate that a number, quantity, or amount is being subtracted from a total
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She paid $ 50 minus the discount.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
