minus sign

mathematical symbol used to represent the notion of negative as well as the operations of subtraction
Place mathematical_symbol Q10764194
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minus sign

Summary

minus sign is a mathematical symbol[1]. It draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_symbol category, ranking #14 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • minus sign's image is recorded as Gartoon actions viewmag-.svg[3].
  • minus sign's instance of is recorded as mathematical symbol[4].
  • minus sign's depicts is recorded as subtraction[5].
  • minus sign's depicts is recorded as opposite number[6].
  • minus sign's depicts is recorded as negative real number[7].
  • minus sign's depicts is recorded as unary minus[8].
  • minus sign's subclass of is recorded as plus and minus signs[9].
  • minus sign's subclass of is recorded as mathematical symbol[10].
  • minus sign's Commons category is recorded as Minus signs[11].
  • minus sign's opposite of is recorded as plus sign[12].
  • minus sign's Unicode character is recorded as −[13].
  • minus sign's Unicode character is recorded as -[14].
  • minus sign's Unicode character is recorded as ⁻[15].
  • minus sign's Unicode character is recorded as ₋[16].
  • minus sign's represents is recorded as subtraction[17].
  • minus sign's depicted by is recorded as −[18].
  • minus sign's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • minus sign's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1q6j6dmsn[20].
  • minus sign's MathWorld ID is recorded as MinusSign[21].
  • minus sign's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as minus[22].
  • minus sign's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[23].
  • minus sign's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/7786[24].
  • minus sign's WikiKids ID is recorded as Minteken[25].

Body

Designation and Status

minus sign's instance of is recorded as mathematical symbol[4].

Why It Matters

minus sign draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_symbol category, ranking #14 of 20).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). minus sign. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/minus-sign
MLA “minus sign.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/minus-sign.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_minus-sign_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{minus sign}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/minus-sign}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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