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Noun: outlier  'awt,lI(-u)r
  1. Person or thing noticeably different from or outside its group
    "The small profitable company was an outlier in the struggling industry"
     
  2. An observation or data point that differs significantly from others in a set
    "The researcher identified several outliers that significantly skewed the results of the study"

Derived forms: outliers

Type of: deviation

Encyclopedia: Outlier