false positive

English

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) type I error

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

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
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
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

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