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plus-minus noun

• a running total used as an indication of a player's effectiveness, calculated by adding one for each goal scored by the player's team in even-strength play while the player is on the ice, and subtracting one for each goal conceded.

plus-minus adverb

• more or less; roughly.
• "it was plus-minus 8.30 a.m"

plus or minus

• used to define the margin of error of an estimate or calculation.
• "the coral was estimated to be 840 years old, plus or minus 40 years"


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