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"word": "tandang bawas"
},
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"roman": "r̥ṇasañjña",
"sense": "symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative",
"word": "ఋణసంజ్ఞ"
},
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-lóp",
"sense": "symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative",
"word": "เครื่องหมายลบ"
},
{
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"sense": "symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative",
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative",
"word": "dấu âm"
}
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"word": "減號"
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"code": "ka",
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"word": "მინუსი"
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"word": "علامت منها"
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{
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"sense": "symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative",
"word": "tandang bawas"
},
{
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"word": "аломати тарҳ"
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "r̥ṇasañjña",
"sense": "symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative",
"word": "ఋణసంజ్ఞ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-lóp",
"sense": "symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative",
"word": "เครื่องหมายลบ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative",
"word": "eksi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mínus",
"sense": "symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мі́нус"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative",
"word": "dấu âm"
}
],
"word": "minus sign"
}
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