Misdetection vs Nondetection - What's the difference?
misdetection | nondetection | Related terms |
A failure to detect; a negative result
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Misdetection is a related term of nondetection.
As nouns the difference between misdetection and nondetection
is that misdetection is an incorrect or faulty detection while nondetection is a failure to detect; a negative result.nondetection
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