True negative

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-012328",
  "term": "True negative",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "An outcome in a binary classification test where the model correctly predicts the negative class. This indicates that the condition or property being tested for is genuinely absent, and the test accurately reflects this absence. In drug discovery, it represents a compound correctly identified as inactive.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "confusion matrix"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2016, 88, 239. 'Glossary of terms used in computational drug design, part II (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 258 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2012-1204)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/true-negative/"
}