Minus-Plus

Type it

Ways to write the Minus-Plus symbol
UnicodeU+2213
LaTeX\mp
HTML entity∓
Character∓

Meaning

Used together with ± to show that the signs are opposite: when ± is read as plus, ∓ is read as minus, and the other way round. Compare with Plus-Minus and Plus.

How to read it

a ± b ∓ c

is read “a plus or minus b, minus or plus c”.

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