ALL meanings of false positive
false pos·i·tive
F f - noun false positive Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result. 1
- noun false positive any screening test result that incorrectly detected or classified a person or thing: A false-positive at the airport could cause you to miss your flight. a person or thing identified by such a test. 1
- adjective false positive pertaining to or being a false-positive: The test has a false-positive rate of 4%. 1
- noun false positive A result of a test that shows as present something that is absent. 0
- noun false positive (statistics) type I error. 0
- countable noun false positive A false positive is a mistaken result of a scientific test. For example, if the result of a pregnancy test is a false positive, it indicates that a woman is pregnant when she is not. 0
- noun false positive a result in a medical test that wrongly indicates the presence of the condition being tested for 0
- noun false positive a person from whom such a result is obtained 0