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outlier

/ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/

noun

Meaning

  • A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.

  • 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.