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Minus   /mˈaɪnəs/   Listen
Minus

noun
(pl. minuses)
1.
An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated.  Synonym: subtraction.  "Four minus three equals one"
adjective
1.
On the negative side or lower end of a scale.  "A grade of B minus"
2.
Involving disadvantage or harm.  Synonym: negative.



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"Minus" Quotes from Famous Books



... bears to the writing in the Annals. The expression "quam iste oppetiise," i.e. mortem, "videtur," has its exact counterpart in the Second Book of the Annals in the phrase: "vix cohibuere amici, quo minus eodem mari oppeteret," i.e. mortem (II. 24). When, too, Bracciolini says of Jerome of Prague, "se ipsum exuit vestimentis," "strips himself of his clothes," instead of simply, "takes off his clothes,"—"exuit vestimenta,"— we ...
— Tacitus and Bracciolini - The Annals Forged in the XVth Century • John Wilson Ross

... had taken down his instrument, he had also taken from the nail a rough wig which he had, and which he had thrown on the stage in a corner within his reach. The performance of "Chaos Vanquished" took place as usual, minus only the effect of the blue light and the brilliancy of the fairies. The wolf played his best. At the proper moment Dea made her appearance, and, in her voice so tremulous and heavenly, invoked Gwynplaine. She extended her arms, feeling ...
— The Man Who Laughs • Victor Hugo

... senses, any more than we can see a sound by our sense of sight or measure an Infinity by our finite units; all we can so far do is to feel and mark its effect in guiding our Physical Ego to choose the real from the shadow, the plus from the minus, receiving back in some marvellous mode of reflex action the power to draw further nourishment from the Infinite. As that Inner Personality becomes more and more firmly established, higher ideals and knowledge of the Reality bud out, and, as these require the ...
— Science and the Infinite - or Through a Window in the Blank Wall • Sydney T. Klein

... I a turnip? On the strict Q. T., When do my Trilbys get so ossified? Why am I minus when it's up to me To brace my Paris Pansy for a glide? Once more my hoodoo's thrown the game and scored A flock of zeros on ...
— The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum • Wallace Irwin

... of all our treasures: "We should lure ourselves as with enchantments, for the hope is great and the reward is noble." So with this enchanting dream, better than most realities, even if it be all a dream. Let the dreamers therefore dream on. The world, minus enchanting dreams, would be commonplace indeed, and let us remember this dream is only dreamable because Watt's steam engine is ...
— James Watt • Andrew Carnegie


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