nondetection

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

non- +‎ detection

Noun

nondetection (countable and uncountable, plural nondetections)

  1. A failure to detect; a negative result
    • 1986, Journal of the National Cancer Institute: JNCI, volume 77, page 661:
      Nondetection or nonnotification of cancer has been shown to be most common among patients older than 75 years at the time of diagnosis.
    • 2008, C. Swyngedouw, R. Lessard, “Quality Control in Soil Chemical Analysis”, in Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis‎, →ISBN, page 56:
      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.
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