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nondetection en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Italic *tegō Latin tegō Latin dētegō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tio Latin dētēctiōder. Latin dētēctiōnembor. English detection English nondetection From non- + detection.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A failure to detect; a negative result
   • Nondetection or nonnotification of cancer has been shown to be most common among patients older than 75 years at the time of diagnosis. 1986, Journal of the National Cancer Institute: JNCI, volume 77, page 661:
   • Still, at the 3 sigma level, there is about a 50% chance of a false negative if data are censored below that level and are treated as nondetections. 2008, C. Swyngedouw, R. Lessard, “Quality Control in Soil Chemical Analysis”, in Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis, →ISBN, page 56:

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Relateds

detection · misdetection