Plus-Minus

Type it

Ways to write the Plus-Minus symbol
UnicodeU+00B1
LaTeX\pm
HTML entity±
Character±

Meaning

Stands for two values at once: one with a plus sign and one with a minus sign. It is also used to give a measurement with its margin of error. Compare with Minus-Plus and Plus.

How to read it

x = ±2

is read “x equals plus or minus two”.

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