Complete Definition of "outlier"

English

Etymology
outlie + -er

Noun
en-noun

  1. A person or thing away from others or outside its proper place.
  2. geology A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
  3. statistics 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.

Translations

trans-top|person or thing away from others or outside its proper place
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trans-top|part of formation separate from the rest
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trans-top|value outside pattern in a statistical sample
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Swedish: t+|sv|uteliggare|c
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