negative sign

noun

1. the symbol (–) used to indicate a negative quantity or a subtraction; minus sign

Example Sentences

But the stranger, who seemed to understand perfectly what he would have asked, made a slight negative sign.

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She grew as crafty through love as her father was through avarice, and reiterated the negative sign.

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Another negative sign, which is more common, is a motion of the hand from the body towards the person or thing addressed.

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He makes a negative sign by moving the head from side to side, but the gesture is not frequent or pronounced.

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By the negative sign is understood the energy expended in contradistinction to the energy received.

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