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out⋅li⋅er

  [out-lahy-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that lies outside.
2. a person residing outside the place of his or her business, duty, etc.
3. Geology. a part of a formation left detached through the removal of surrounding parts by erosion.
Origin:
1600–10; out- + lier
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out·li·er   (out'lī'ər)   
n.  

  1. One whose domicile lies at an appreciable distance from his or her place of business.

  2. A value far from most others in a set of data: "Outliers make statistical analyses difficult" (Harvey Motulsky).

  3. Geology A portion of stratified rock separated from a main formation by erosion.

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