Hyphen Symbol

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Symbol Format Data
- Code Point
U+002D
SVG
All symbols

Usage

The hyphen symbol is used in math as the subtraction operator when entering a math expression for computation and for typesetting. Typically, the symbol is used in an expression like this:

5 - 3

In plain language, this expression represents five minus three. Note, when typesetting math the resulting symbol is actually the minus symbol.

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The minus symbol is an arithmetic operator used to represent subtraction.

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Subtraction

Subtraction is a basic arithmetic operation of taking away one number from another number.