outlier

(o̵utlī′ər)

noun

any person or thing that lies, dwells, exists, etc. away from the main body or expected place; specif.,
  1. a person who resides away from his place of work or business
  2. a person who is excluded, or excludes himself, from some group; outsider
  3. Geol. a mass of rock, usually of large size, separated by erosion from the main mass

See outlier in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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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