outlier
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outlier (plural outliers)
- A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
- 2023 November 1, Paul Clifton, “One account for the UK railway”, in RAIL, number 995, page 47:
- Observing as an outlier from Scotland, Hynes sums up the industry problem: "The conversation we've had for this article is really about creating an environment in which better decisions can be taken, isn't it?
- An exception.
- (geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
- (statistics) A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.
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a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
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part of formation separate from the rest
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value outside pattern in a statistical sample
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