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Webster 1913 Edition
Outlier
Out′liˊer
,Noun.
1.
One who does not live where his office, or business, or estate, is.
Bentley.
2.
That which lies, or is, away from the main body.
3.
(Geol.)
A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Outlier
OUT'LIER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
outlier
outlier
English
Noun
outlier (plural outliers)
- A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
- (geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
- (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
a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
part of formation separate from the rest
value outside pattern in a statistical sample