Meaning of false positive | Babel Free
Equivalents
Bosanski
lažni alarm
Español
falso positivo
Suomi
väärä positiivinen
Gaeilge
bréagdheimhneacht
Hrvatski
lažni alarm
Bahasa Indonesia
alarm palsu
Polski
fałszywy alarm
Português
falso positivo
Slovenščina
lažni alarm
Српски
lažni alarm
Tiếng Việt
báo động giả
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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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