false positive

Noun

 * 1) A result of a test that shows as present something that is absent.
 * 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.
 * 1)  A type I error.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 假阳性
 * Czech: falešně pozitivní výsledek, nesprávné pozitivní výsledek, falešný poplach, planý poplach
 * Dutch: vals positief resultaat, vals alarm
 * Finnish: väärä positiivinen
 * French:, fausse alerte
 * Galician: falso positivo
 * German: falsch positives Ergebnis;  Fehlalarm,
 * Greek: ψευδώς θετικό
 * Hebrew: זיהוי חיובי שגוי
 * Hungarian: hamis pozitív, téves riasztás, hamis riasztás,
 * Indonesian: hasil positif palsu, alarm palsu
 * Irish: bréagdheimhneacht
 * Polish: wynik fałszywie dodatni, fałszywy alarm
 * Portuguese: falso positivo
 * Romanian: rezultat fals-pozitiv, alarmă falsă
 * Russian: ложноположи́тельный результа́т, ло́жное сраба́тывание
 * Serbo-Croatian: lažno pozitivan rezultat, lažna uzbuna
 * Slovak: falošne pozitívny výsledok, nesprávne pozitívny výsledok, falošný poplach, planý poplach
 * Slovene: napačna pozitivna prepoznava, lažni alarm
 * Spanish: falso positivo
 * Swedish: falsk positiv
 * Turkish: yanlış alarm
 * Ukrainian: хибнопозитивний результат, помилкове спрацювання
 * Vietnamese: nhận diện sai, kết quả dương tính giả, báo động giả, dương tính giả