# \ominus

The ⊖ symbol (Circled minus, U+2296), written as \ominus in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/ominus

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Binary operators](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/binary-operators) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⊖ |
| Unicode | U+2296 CIRCLED MINUS |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\ominus
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.03% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 183 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2296 (CIRCLED MINUS).