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<div><h1>minus -- additive inverse</h1>
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<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>minus(x)</tt></div>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><tt>minus(x)</tt> yields <tt>-x</tt>.<p/>
<tt>minus(x,y)</tt> yields <tt>x-y</tt> but see also <a href="_difference.html" title="difference">difference</a>.</div>
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