Outlier Definition

outlīər
outliers
noun
One that lives or is located outside or at the edge of a given area.
Outliers of the forest standing in the field.
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Any person or thing that lies, dwells, exists, etc. away from the main body or expected place.
Webster's New World
One that exists outside or at an extreme of a category, pattern, or expectation; an extreme case or exception.
American Heritage
A value far from most others in a set of data.
American Heritage
A portion of stratified rock separated from a main formation by erosion.
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Other Word Forms of Outlier

Noun

Singular:
outlier
Plural:
outliers

Origin of Outlier

  • From outlie +"Ž -er.

    From Wiktionary

Outlier Sentence Examples

  • Use the pointer to indicate the outlier in the data " .

  • The northern region (Upper Galilee) is virtually an outlier of the Lebanon Mountains.

  • At the foot of the lobby 's staircase stands Inventory 's Outlier, a text-based shelter for the homeless.

  • On the east side in like manner the Monte Gargano (3465 ft.), a detached limestone mass which projects in a bold spur-like promontory into the Adriatic, forming the only break in the otherwise uniform coast-line of Italy on that sea, though separated from the great body of the Apennines by a considerable interval of low country, may be considered as merely an outlier from the central mass.

  • The Adirondack Mountains .T his rugged district of northern New York may be treated as an outlier in the United States of the Laurentian highlands of Canada, from which it is separated by the St Lawrence Valley.

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Words Starting With

OOUOUT

Words Ending With

RERIER

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