outlier
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈaʊtˌlaɪər/
- Specialized
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valor atípico
- The student's test score was an outlier compared to the rest of the class, which all scored around average.
- identify outliers
- detect outliers
- exclude outliers
And another one is a tendency for outliers or fat tailed distributions.
- And another one is a tendency for outliers or fat tailed distributions.
- Unfortunately, Smith turned out to be an outlier in more ways than one.
- So we could be outliers, but we could also be the masses.
- It would make it a huge outlier for neutron stars and pulsars.
- Again, you're on the outlier right hand end of the distribution for work.
- Is it a, is he an outlier or is the whole model wrong?
- Now you may think, well fine, maybe that's a rarity, an outlier, an oddity.
- And there aren't enough women who are outliers and really up for it.
Examples
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Polio reminds us that smallpox was an outlier rather than the norm.
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Unfortunately, Smith turned out to be an outlier in more ways than one.
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Japan would be viewed as an outlier on both trade and investment issues.
Academic text (1990) -
The Jim Crow local settlement in North Carolina was not an outlier; it was the rule.
Academic text (2017) -
So the subject's somewhat of an outlier in that circumstance.
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The Fifth Circuit is an outlier, reading an exception into the ADA as it applies to arrest.
Academic text (2017) -
Fairly quickly, S/CRS moved towards longer-term contingency planning, making it an outlier within the department.
Academic text (2013) -
In the dataset, her result was identified as an outlier because it fell far outside the expected range.
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The scientist noted that the temperature reading was an outlier, significantly higher than the surrounding data points.
Synonyms
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7.1
Something that is not normal or expected
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5.2
Something that is not normal and can be seen in the body or test results
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6.1
A person who is clearly different from others and does not fit in
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6.8
A person who acts in a way people think is strange
A person who is very unusual and stands out from others
Antonyms
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Etymology
Outlier comes from out ('outside') and lie ('to be located' or 'to rest'), so it originally meant 'something that lies outside'. That's why an outlier today is a person, thing, or number that stands apart from the others, like a data point far from the rest.