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outlier
/ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/
noun
A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
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.
Antonymsinlier
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