Dictionary entry

Minus sign

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

နှုတ်ခြင်း၊ အနှုတ်တန်ဖိုးကို ပြသသည့် အနှုတ်လက္ခဏာ။

Definition

minus /'maÇnǝs / prep ၁။ ( mathematics ) အႏုတ္။ Seven minus three equals four (7 - 3 = 4). ၂။ သုညေအာက္။ a temperature of minus ten degrees centigrade (-10½ . C). ၃။ ( infml ) မရိွဘဲ။ မပါဘဲ။ ကင္းမဲ့၍။ The explosion left him minus a leg. Compare PLUS adj ၁။ ( mathematics ) အႏုတ္(ကိန္း)။ a minus figure/quantity (ie less than zero, eg -2x 2 ). ၂။ သတ္မွတ္အဆင့္ ေအာက္ အနည္းငယ္ ေလ်ာ့ [ေသာ]။ I got B minus (B-) in the test. n ၁။ (also minus sign ) အႏုတ္လကၡဏာ။ ၂။ ( infml ) ဆိုးက်ဳိး။ Let's consider the pluses and minuses of buying a bigger car. Compare PLUS

Examples

  1. 72 minus 5 equals 67.
  2. The temperature fell to minus 15 degrees last night.
  3. Subtract ten from seven and the answer is minus three.
  4. [a minus quantity] : If you subtract 12 from 10
  5. the result will be a minus quantity.
  6. Anthony returned to work minus his beard.
  7. The Dempster family arrived back in England safely but minus their luggage.
  8. [a minus point/factor] : One of the minus points was the risk of getting caught.