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false positive (plural false positives )
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.
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.
( statistics ) A type I error .
FP ( abbreviation )
( result of a test that shows as present something that is absent ) : false alarm
result of a test that shows as present something that is absent
Chinese:
Mandarin: 假阳性 ( jiǎyángxìng )
Czech: falešně pozitivní výsledek m , nesprávné pozitivní výsledek m , falešný poplach m , planý poplach m
Dutch: vals positief resultaat , vals alarm
Finnish: väärä positiivinen
French: faux positif (fr) m , fausse alerte f
Galician: falso positivo m
German: ( science ) falsch positives Ergebnis n ; ( otherwise ) Fehlalarm m , Falschmeldung (de) f
Greek: ψευδώς θετικό n ( psevdós thetikó )
Hebrew: זיהוי חיובי שגוי
Hungarian: hamis pozitív , téves riasztás , hamis riasztás , vakriasztás (hu)
Indonesian: hasil positif palsu , alarm palsu
Irish: bréagdheimhneacht f
Polish: wynik fałszywie dodatni m , fałszywy alarm m
Portuguese: falso positivo m
Romanian: rezultat fals-pozitiv , alarmă falsă
Russian: ложноположи́тельный результа́т m ( ložnopoložítelʹnyj rezulʹtát ) , ло́жное сраба́тывание n ( lóžnoje srabátyvanije )
Serbo-Croatian: lažno pozitivan rezultat m , lažna uzbuna f
Slovak: falošne pozitívny výsledok m , nesprávne pozitívny výsledok m , falošný poplach m , planý poplach m
Slovene: napačna pozitivna prepoznava , lažni alarm
Spanish: falso positivo m
Swedish: falsk positiv
Turkish: yanlış alarm
Ukrainian: хибнопозитивний результат m ( xybnopozytyvnyj rezulʹtat ) , помилкове спрацювання n ( pomylkove spracjuvannja )
Vietnamese: nhận diện sai , kết quả dương tính giả , báo động giả , dương tính giả