False Positive

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
FP
Pronunciation
/fɔls ˈpɑzətɪv/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Law & Legal

Examples in Context

  1. Have in any way possible false positive and false negative.
  2. He said recent studies have found that it can produce both false positive and false negative results.
  3. As it turns out, this is one area where the exploration test fails and yields a false positive.
  4. A false positive or negative error rate is impossible to measure because these are such rare events.
  5. That may or may not have been a false positive.

Other meanings of FP