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outlier

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun outlier has 2 senses
  1. outlier - a person who lives away from his place of work
    --1 is a kind of
    resident, occupant, occupier
  2. outlier - an extreme deviation from the mean
    --2 is a kind of
    deviation

Definitions from the Web

Outlier

Noun:

  1. A person, thing, or event that lies outside the normal range or distribution.
  2. In statistics, a data point that significantly differs from other observations.
  3. (Geology) A rock formation that is distinctly different from the surrounding rock.

Example Sentences:

  1. The student's impressive intelligence test results qualified him as an outlier among his peers.
  2. The researcher identified an outlier in the data set and investigated its cause.
  3. The geological survey discovered an outlier rock formation as they explored the region.
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