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A result of a test that shows as present something that is absent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A false positive from a cancer screening test will unnecessarily frighten a healthy person; a false negative will deprive them of timely treatment.
- A false positive can be returned on a password checking algorithm when the password is tested against a dictionary but the password does not contain a dictionary word.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
A type I error.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
假阳性
(jiǎyángxìng)
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Czech:
falešně pozitivní výsledek
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Czech:
nesprávné pozitivní výsledek
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Czech:
falešný poplach
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Czech:
planý poplach
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Dutch:
vals positief resultaat
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Dutch:
vals alarm
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Finnish:
väärä positiivinen
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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French:
faux positif
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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French:
fausse alerte
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Galician:
falso positivo
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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German:
falsch positives Ergebnis
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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German:
Fehlalarm
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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German:
Falschmeldung
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Greek:
ψευδώς θετικό
(psevdós thetikó)
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Hebrew:
זיהוי חיובי שגוי
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Hungarian:
hamis pozitív
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Hungarian:
téves riasztás
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Hungarian:
hamis riasztás
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Hungarian:
vakriasztás
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Indonesian:
hasil positif palsu
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Indonesian:
alarm palsu
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Irish:
bréagdheimhneacht
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Polish:
wynik fałszywie dodatni
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Polish:
fałszywy alarm
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Portuguese:
falso positivo
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Romanian:
rezultat fals-pozitiv
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Romanian:
alarmă falsă
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Russian:
ложноположи́тельный результа́т
(ložnopoložítelʹnyj rezulʹtát)
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Russian:
ло́жное сраба́тывание
(lóžnoje srabátyvanije)
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Serbo-Croatian:
lažno pozitivan rezultat
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Serbo-Croatian:
lažna uzbuna
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Slovak:
falošne pozitívny výsledok
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Slovak:
nesprávne pozitívny výsledok
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Slovak:
falošný poplach
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Slovak:
planý poplach
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Slovene:
napačna pozitivna prepoznava
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Slovene:
lažni alarm
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Spanish:
falso positivo
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Swedish:
falsk positiv
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Turkish:
yanlış alarm
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Ukrainian:
хибнопозитивний результат
(xybnopozytyvnyj rezulʹtat)
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Ukrainian:
помилкове спрацювання
(pomylkove spracjuvannja)
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Vietnamese:
nhận diện sai
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Vietnamese:
kết quả dương tính giả
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Vietnamese:
báo động giả
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
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Vietnamese:
dương tính giả
— result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
