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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Minus  \Mi"nus\,  a.  [L.  See  {Minor},  and  cf  {Mis-}  pref.  from 
  the  French.]  (Math.) 
  Less  requiring  to  be  subtracted;  negative;  as  a  minus 
  quantity. 
 
  {Minus  sign}  (Math.),  the  sign  [-]  denoting  minus,  or  less 
  prefixed  to  negative  quantities,  or  quantities  to  be 
  subtracted.  See  {Negative  sign},  under  {Negative}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Negative  \Neg"a*tive\,  a.  [F.  n['e]gatif,  L.  negativus  fr 
  negare  to  deny.  See  {Negation}.] 
  1.  Denying;  implying,  containing,  or  asserting  denial, 
  negation  or  refusal;  returning  the  answer  no  to  an  inquiry 
  or  request;  refusing  assent;  as  a  negative  answer;  a 
  negative  opinion;  --  opposed  to  {affirmative}. 
 
  If  thou  wilt  confess,  Or  else  be  impudently 
  negative.  --Shak. 
 
  Denying  me  any  power  of  a  negative  voice.  --Eikon 
  Basilike 
 
  Something  between  an  affirmative  bow  and  a  negative 
  shake.  --Dickens. 
 
  2.  Not  positive;  without  affirmative  statement  or 
  demonstration;  indirect;  consisting  in  the  absence  of 
  something  privative;  as  a  negative  argument;  a  negative 
  morality;  negative  criticism. 
 
  There  in  another  way  of  denying  Christ,  .  .  .  which 
  is  negative,  when  we  do  not  acknowledge  and  confess 
  him  --South. 
 
  3.  (Logic)  Asserting  absence  of  connection  between  a  subject 
  and  a  predicate;  as  a  negative  proposition. 
 
  4.  (Photog.)  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  picture  upon  glass  or 
  other  material,  in  which  the  lights  and  shades  of  the 
  original,  and  the  relations  of  right  and  left  are 
  reversed. 
 
  5.  (Chem.)  Metalloidal;  nonmetallic;  --  contracted  with 
  positive  or  basic;  as  the  nitro  group  is  negative. 
 
  Note:  This  word  derived  from  electro-negative,  is  now 
  commonly  used  in  a  more  general  sense  when  acidiferous 
  is  the  intended  signification. 
 
  {Negative  crystal}. 
  a  A  cavity  in  a  mineral  mass,  having  the  form  of  a 
  crystal. 
  b  A  crystal  which  has  the  power  of  negative  double 
  refraction.  See  {refraction}. 
 
  {negative  electricity}  (Elec.),  the  kind  of  electricity  which 
  is  developed  upon  resin  or  ebonite  when  rubbed,  or  which 
  appears  at  that  pole  of  a  voltaic  battery  which  is 
  connected  with  the  plate  most  attacked  by  the  exciting 
  liquid;  --  formerly  called  {resinous  electricity}.  Opposed 
  to  {positive  electricity}.  Formerly,  according  to 
  Franklin's  theory  of  a  single  electric  fluid,  negative 
  electricity  was  supposed  to  be  electricity  in  a  degree 
  below  saturation,  or  the  natural  amount  for  a  given  body. 
  see  {Electricity}. 
 
  {Negative  eyepiece}.  (Opt.)  see  under  {Eyepiece}. 
 
  {Negative  quantity}  (Alg.),  a  quantity  preceded  by  the 
  negative  sign,  or  which  stands  in  the  relation  indicated 
  by  this  sign  to  some  other  quantity.  See  {Negative  sign} 
  (below). 
 
  {Negative  rotation},  right-handed  rotation.  See 
  {Right-handed},  3. 
 
  {Negative  sign},  the  sign  -,  or  {minus}  (opposed  in 
  signification  to  +,  or  {plus}),  indicating  that  the 
  quantity  to  which  it  is  prefixed  is  to  be  subtracted  from 
  the  preceding  quantity,  or  is  to  be  reckoned  from  zero  or 
  cipher  in  the  opposite  direction  to  that  of  quanties 
  having  the  sign  plus  either  expressed  or  understood;  thus 
  in  a  -  b,  b  is  to  be  substracted  from  a,  or  regarded  as 
  opposite  to  it  in  value;  and  -10[deg]  on  a  thermometer 
  means  10[deg]  below  the  zero  of  the  scale. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  minus 
  adj  1:  on  the  negative  side  or  lower  end  of  a  scale;  "minus  5 
  degrees";  "a  grade  of  B  minus"  [ant:  {plus}] 
  2:  involving  disadvantage  or  harm;  "minus  (or  negative) 
  factors"  [syn:  {negative}] 
  n  :  an  arithmetic  operation  in  which  the  difference  between  two 
  numbers  is  calculated;  "the  subtraction  of  three  from 
  four  leaves  one";  "four  minus  three  equals  one"  [syn:  {subtraction}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  minus 
 
  - 
 
  Common:  dash;  {ITU-T}:  hyphen;  {ITU-T}:  minus.  Rare: 
  {INTERCAL}:  worm;  option;  dak;  bithorpe 
 
 




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