Statistical tests always involve a trade-off between: 1  the acceptable level of false positives (in which a non-match is declared to be a match) and. 2  the acceptable level of false negatives (in which an actual match is not detected).
transitive verb. 1 : to divorce or separate formally from (a woman) 2 : to refuse to have anything to do with : disown. 3a : to refuse to accept; especially : to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force repudiate a contractb : to reject as untrue or unjust repudiate a charge.
relegate. 1. (= demote) [+ person, old furniture ] â relegar. the news had been relegated to the inside pages â la noticia habia habÃ­a sido relegada a las paginas. pÃ¡ginas. (Interiores) (2) [+ brit ] sport team they were relegated to the â second division bajaron or descendieron a. segunda division divisiÃ³n