outlier
Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/
The English word “outlier” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
- An exception.
- A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
- 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.
Etymology
From outlie + -er.
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