outlier

English

Etymology

From outlie +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/

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.

Antonyms

inlier

Translations

a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.

Dutch: buitenbeentje (nl), alleenstaande (nl)
French: cas isolé m, exception (fr) f
German: Ausreißer (de) m

Italian: eccezione (it) f, anomalia (it) f
Portuguese: extravagante (pt)

part of formation separate from the rest

Dutch: uitloper (nl)
French: lambeau (fr) m d'érosion (fr) f

Polish: ostaniec (pl) m

value outside pattern in a statistical sample

Dutch: uitbijter (nl)
French: valeur (fr) f anormale (fr), aberrante (fr), extrême (fr)
German: Ausreißer (de) m
Lithuanian: išskirtis f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uteligger (no) m

Nynorsk: uteliggjar m, uteliggar m

Russian: вы́брос (ru) m (výbros)
Swedish: utliggare c

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