negative six

Six below zero

Negative six is the integer six units below zero on the number line, written as −6.

Like other specific negative numbers, it appears in contexts involving temperature It's negative six degrees outside, debt, coordinates, or mathematical operations.

In casual speech, often shortened to minus six.

mathematics

integer

Number lacking fractions

subtraction · minus · opposite · real number · rational · inequality · equation · algebra · arithmetic · sum

deficit

shortfall

Failure to reach quota

  • debtMoney owed another
  • lossBeing without something
  • redPrimary color, warm

arrears · deficiency · below par · underfunded · owing · shortage · insufficiency · in the hole · behind · down

temperature

subzero

Below the freezing point

hypothermia · frostbite · arctic · polar · frigid · icy · frozen · wintry · cold snap · wind chill

Family

negative, negation, negativity, negatives, negating, negated, negativism, negations, nonnegative

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