false positive
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false positive
noun false positives
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A result of a test that shows as present something that is absent.
A false positive from a cancer screening test will unnecessarily frighten a healthy person; a false negative will deprive them of timely treatment.
Similar: false alarm
- A type I error.
Similar: FP · Opposite: false negative, type II error
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noun
Similar: FP · Opposite: false negative, type II error
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noun result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
| Español | falso positivo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 假阳性 jiǎyángxìng |
| Português | falso positivo |
| Français | faux positif, fausse alerte |
| Deutsch | falsch positives Ergebnis, Fehlalarm, Falschmeldung |
| Ελληνικά | ψευδώς θετικό psevdós thetikó |
| Română | rezultat fals-pozitiv, alarmă falsă |
| Русский | ложноположи́тельный результа́т ložnopoložítelʹnyj rezulʹtát, ло́жное сраба́тывание lóžnoje srabátyvanije |
| Tiếng Việt | nhận diện sai, kết quả dương tính giả, báo động giả, dương tính giả |
| עברית | זיהוי חיובי שגוי |
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@misc{false_positive_2026,
title = {false positive},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/false%20positive},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
