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false negative meaning in Tamil

போலி எதிர்மறை

UK/ˈfɔːls ˈnɛɡətɪv/US/ˈfɔls ˈnɛɡətɪv/

false negative in Tamil: போலி எதிர்மறை. In English, false negative means a result of a test that shows as absent something that is present.

Tamil words for false negative

போலி எதிர்மறை

English meaning of false negative

  1. noun A result of a test that shows as absent something that is present.
  2. noun A type II error (“accepting the null hypothesis when it is false”).

Full definition of false negative

false negative in a sentence

  • While a false positive from a cancer screening test will unnecessarily frighten a healthy person, a false negative will deprive them of timely treatment.

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Questions about false negative in Tamil

What is the meaning of false negative in Tamil?
False negative in Tamil is போலி எதிர்மறை.
false negative என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
False negative: போலி எதிர்மறை.
What does false negative mean in English?
False negative means a result of a test that shows as absent something that is present.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: false negative (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: false negative (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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