outlier

out·li·er  (outlr)

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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outlier [ˈaʊtˌlaɪə]

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) an outcrop of rocks that is entirely surrounded by older rocks

2. a person, thing, or part situated away from a main or related body

3. a person who lives away from his place of work, duty, etc.

4. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics a point in a sample widely separated from the main cluster of points in the sample See scatter diagram

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	outlier - a person who lives away from his place of work occupant, occupier, resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
	2.	outlier - an extreme deviation from the mean statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters deviation - the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function