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” meaning: minus Emoji

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Meaning and Description

This symbol, also known as the "Minus", "Negative", "Subtract" or "Hyphen" emoji, is a straightforward, minimalist symbol, consisting of a single, bold horizontal line.

Primarily, the "" emoji is a mathematical symbol, representing the operation of subtraction. It's often used to signify a decrease, removal, or negative response. And in the hospital's inspection report, usually the minus sign means negative, plus sign means positive.

On the internet, the minus sign holds various implications based on context. The "" emoji can denote a decrease, as in losing followers ("50 followers today!") or signify the desire to remove something from a conversation or a list. It's also used in forums or chat rooms to show disagreement or disapproval towards a previous comment.

Besides, in the gaming world🎮, it might signify damage or health reduction of a character, like "-10 HP". In the realm of e-commerce, it indicates price reductions or discounts, such as "-$10"🏷. And in the online dating scene, it's used to point out undesirable traits or deal-breakers in potential partners, like "-cheater".
💡Extended reading and popular science

The meaning of emoji symbol is minus, it is related to -, , math, sign, it can be found in emoji category: "🛑 Symbols" - " Math".

The current is a basic Emoji without variant symbols, and there are two Emoji variation sequences corresponding to it: ➖️ (emoji style, displaying colorful symbols on most new platforms) and ➖︎ (text style, displaying black and white symbols on some old platforms).

Examples and Usage

🔸 Temperatures will plummet to almost minus 40 degree Celsius.
🔸 (2796) + emoji style (FE0F) = ➖️ (2796 FE0F)
🔸 (2796) + text style (FE0E) = ➖︎ (2796 FE0E)

Basic Information

Emoji:
Shortname: minus
Apple Name: minus symbol
Codepoint: U+2796 Copy
Shortcode: :heavy_minus_sign: Copy
Decimal: ALT+10134
Unicode Version: 6.0 (2010-10-11)
Emoji Version: 1.0 (2015-06-09)
Categories: 🛑 Symbols
Sub Categories: ✖ Math
Keywords: - | | math | minus | sign
Proposal: L2/07‑257, L2/09‑026

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More Languages

Language Short Name & Link
Arabic علامة طرح
Bulgarian Удебелен знак минус
Chinese, Simplified
Chinese, Traditional
Croatian minus
Czech znak minus
Danish minus
Dutch min
Filipino minus
Finnish miinusmerkki
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