Plus Minus symbol
Type :pm: · Math
Unicode name Plus-Minus Sign · Latin-1 Supplement block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ± is for
Tolerance and uncertainty: 5V ±10%, a measurement give or take. In maths it also means both roots at once, as in the quadratic formula. Reads as "plus or minus" out loud.
How to type ±
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
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:pm: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
Option + Shift + =
Windows
Alt + 0177
Hold Alt and type the digits on the keypad.
Shortcodes
:pm: :plus_minus: On the web
HTML ±
Unicode U+00B1
JavaScript '\u{00B1}'
CSS "\00B1"
Python '\u00B1'
URL %C2%B1
More from math
:proportional_to: ℝ :reals: ℕ :naturals: ℤ :integers: ℚ :rationals: ℂ :complexes: × :times: ÷ :divide_symbol: ≈ :approx: ≠ :neq: ≡ :identical_to: ≤ :lte: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
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