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outliers - 2 dictionary results

out⋅li⋅er

[out-lahy-er]
–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
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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