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Detection vs Nondetection - What's the difference?

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Detection is a related term of nondetection.


As nouns the difference between detection and nondetection

is that detection is detection while nondetection is a failure to detect; a negative result.

detection

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.
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  • The finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like, mostly by means of a specific device or method.

    • nondetection

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A failure to detect; a negative result
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    • , passage=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 . }}

    Related terms

    *detection *misdetection