outlier

English

Etymology

From outlie +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈʌʊtˌlaɪɚ/

Noun

outlier (plural outliers)

1. A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
   • 2023 November 1, Paul Clifton, “One account for the UK railway”, in RAIL, number 995, page 47:

     Observing as an outlier from Scotland, Hynes sums up the industry problem: "The conversation we've had for this article is really about creating an environment in which better decisions can be taken, isn't it?

2. An exception.
3. (geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
4. (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)
• Finnish: erillään oleva (adjective), ulkopuolinen (fi) ("outsider", person)
• French: cas isolé m, exception (fr) f
• German: Ausreißer (de) m, Sonderfall (de) m
• Italian: eccezione (it) f, anomalia (it) f
• Portuguese: extravagante (pt)

part of formation separate from the rest

• Azerbaijani: qalıq
• Catalan: tossal testimoni m, tossal residual m
• Dutch: uitloper (nl)
• Finnish: eroosion erottama osa
• French: lambeau (fr) m d'érosion (fr) f, butte-témoin f
• German: Zeugenberg (de) m
• Polish: ostaniec (pl) m
• Russian: остане́ц (ru) m (ostanéc)
• Spanish: cerro testigo m

value outside pattern in a statistical sample

• Dutch: uitbijter (nl)
• Finnish: poikkeava arvo, poikkeama (fi), poikkeus (fi)
• French: valeur (fr) f anormale (fr), donnée aberrante, extrême (fr)
• German: Ausreißer (de) m
• Indonesian: pencilan
• Lithuanian: išskirtis f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utligger (no) m

  Nynorsk: utliggjar m, utliggar m

• Russian: вы́брос (ru) m (výbros)
• Swedish: utliggare (sv) c
• Thai: ค่าผิดปกติ