Negative number
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title:
Negative number
text:
In mathematics, a negative number represents an opposite. In the real number system, a negative number is a number that is less than zero. Negative numbers are often used to represent the magnitude of a loss or deficiency. A debt that is owed may be thought of as a negative asset. If a quantity, such as the charge on an electron, may have either of two opposite senses, then one may choose to distinguish between those senses—perhaps arbitrarily—as positive and negative. Negative numbers are used
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Real number that is strictly less than zero
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_number
date created:
2002-12-04T23:10:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T16:29:15Z
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