Set Minus
Part of Math Symbols
Set Minus has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ∖
- Unicode
- U+2216
About this symbol
∖, set minus, gives what is left of one set after removing another: A ∖ B is everything in A that is not in B. It looks like a backslash but is a separate character, so maths can space it correctly.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- SET MINUS
- Type
- Maths symbol
- Unicode block
- Mathematical Operators
- Unicode group
- Operators
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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