false positive

English

Noun

false positive (plural false positives)

1. 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.

2. (statistics) type I error

Synonyms

• (result of a test that shows as present something that is absent): false alarm

Antonyms

• (result of a test that shows as present something that is absent): false negative
• (type I error in statistics): false negative, type II error

Translations

result of a test that shows as present something that is absent

• Czech: falešně pozitivní výsledek m, nesprávné pozitivní výsledek m, falešný poplach m, planý poplach m
• French: faux positif (fr) m, fausse alerte f
• German: Fehlalarm m
• Hebrew: זיהוי חיובי שגוי‏‎
• Hungarian: hamis pozitív, téves riasztás, hamis riasztás, vakriasztás
• Indonesian: hasil positif palsu, alarm palsu
• Irish: bréagdheimhneacht f
• Polish: wynik fałszywie dodatni m, fałszywy alarm 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
• Swedish: falsk positiv
• Turkish: yanlış alarm
• Vietnamese: nhận diện sai, kết quả dương tính giả, báo động giả