outlier
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outlier
- /ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/
- /ˈʌʊtˌlaɪɚ/ Canada
noun outliers · outlyer
- A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place. 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. And in a world where police officers are mostly paired by species (zebras with zebras, hippos with hippos, etc.), Judy and Nick’s rare bunny/fox combo marks them as outliers.
- 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.
Opposite: inlier
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Opposite: inlier
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noun a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
| Português | extravagante |
|---|---|
| Français | cas isolé, exception, intrus |
| Deutsch | Ausreißer, Sonderfall |
| Italiano | eccezione, anomalia |
noun part of formation separate from the rest
| Español | cerro testigo |
|---|---|
| Français | lambeau m d'érosion, butte-témoin |
| Deutsch | Zeugenberg |
| Русский | остане́ц ostanéc |
noun value outside pattern in a statistical sample
| Español | anomalía, irregularidad, anormalidad, rareza, caso aparte, valor atípico |
|---|---|
| Français | valeur f anormale, donnée aberrante, extrême |
| Deutsch | Ausreißer |
| Русский | вы́брос výbros |
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@misc{outlier_2026,
title = {outlier},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outlier},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}