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Translingual
Description
The minus symbol (−) formatted as superscript.
Symbol
⁻
- (chemistry) Indicates negative charge on an ion e.g. F⁻
- (mathematics, rare) negation, unary minus, to be distinguished from the binary subtraction operator
5 - ⁻4 = 9
- (mathematics) limit approached from the negative side
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