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positivity rate

positivity rate noun: the percentage of people who have tested positive out of all of those who have been tested (for a given pathogen).

Noun

positivity rate (plural positivity rates)

  1. The percentage of people who have tested positive out of all of those who have been tested (for a given pathogen).

Forms of positivity rate

pluralpositivity rates

Questions about positivity rate

What does positivity rate mean?
Positivity rate means the percentage of people who have tested positive out of all of those who have been tested (for a given pathogen).
What part of speech is positivity rate?
Positivity rate is a noun.
What is the plural of positivity rate?
The plural of positivity rate is positivity rates.

Words near positivity rate in the dictionary

  1. positivists
  2. positivities
  3. positivity
  4. positivity effect
  5. positivity effects
  6. positivity rate
  7. positivity rates
  8. positivization
  9. positivizations
  10. positivize
  11. positon

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