negative number
Less than nothing
A negative number is any number less than zero, written with a minus sign: −3, −17, −0.5.
Negative numbers represent quantities below a baseline—temperatures below freezing, debts rather than assets, elevations below sea level.
On a number line, they fall to the left of zero.
The account balance showed a negative number after the overdraft.
Subtraction symbol
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- algebraMath using symbols
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
- absolute valueNon-negative distance from zero
subtraction · additive inverse · opposite · inequality · below zero · minus sign · mathematical notation
Money owed another
- deficitAmount still owed
- lossBeing without something
- overdraftSpending past zero
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
red ink · in the red · arrears · liability · write-off · net loss · underwater mortgage · budget gap
Heat-measuring instrument
- CelsiusMetric temperature unit
- FahrenheitScale freezing at thirty-two
- below freezingUnder water's solidification point
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
freezing point · wind chill · polar · arctic · cold snap · frost · winter · hypothermia
Fourth of a circle
- coordinateArrange for unified action
- x-axisGraph's horizontal reference line
- y-axisGraph's vertical reference
- descendingMoving downward
inverse relationship · downward slope · scatter plot · regression · Cartesian plane
minus
Subtraction symbol
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- algebraMath using symbols
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
absolute value · subtraction · additive inverse · opposite · inequality · below zero · minus sign · mathematical notation
debt
Money owed another
shortfall · red ink · in the red · arrears · liability · write-off · net loss · underwater mortgage · budget gap · trade deficit
thermometer
Heat-measuring instrument
- CelsiusMetric temperature unit
- FahrenheitScale freezing at thirty-two
- below freezingUnder water's solidification point
subzero · freezing point · wind chill · polar · arctic · cold snap · frost · winter · hypothermia · antifreeze
quadrant
Fourth of a circle
- coordinateArrange for unified action
- x-axisGraph's horizontal reference line
- y-axisGraph's vertical reference
descending · inverse relationship · downward slope · scatter plot · regression · Cartesian plane
- number formatsinteger, decimal, binary, percentage, hexadecimal
- arithmeticaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sum
- numbersone, two, four, three, 0
- math termsplus or minus, linear growth, square, operand, division
- number formsnumerals, digits, digit, integers, integer
- edge casesedge cases, special case, off-by-one, overflow, underflow
negative numberpositive number
Quantity exceeding zero
positive integer · natural number · counting number · plus · whole number
negative, number, negate, negation, negatively, negativity, numbers, numbered, numbering