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outlier

  • /ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈʌʊtˌlaɪɚ/ Canada

noun outliers · outlyer

  1. 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?
  2. figuratively 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.
  3. A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
  4. 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

Portuguêsextravagante
Françaiscas isolé, exception, intrus
DeutschAusreißer, Sonderfall
Italianoeccezione, anomalia

noun part of formation separate from the rest

Españolcerro testigo
Françaislambeau m d'érosion, butte-témoin
DeutschZeugenberg
Русскийостане́ц ostanéc

noun value outside pattern in a statistical sample

Españolanomalía, irregularidad, anormalidad, rareza, caso aparte, valor atípico
Françaisvaleur f anormale, donnée aberrante, extrême
DeutschAusreißer
Русскийвы́брос 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}
}