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Definition of: minus
(mī′nəs) prep.
1. Lessened, or requiring to be lessened by; less: 10 minus 5.
2. Colloq. Deprived of; lacking: minus a hat.
—adjective
1. Lying or reckoned in that one of two opposite directions arbitrarily assumed as negative.
2. Negative: A debt may be treated as a minus quantity.
—noun
1. A minus sign.
2. A minus quantity. [<L, neut. of minor]
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