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Definitions: Outlier |
OutlierNoun1. A person who lives away from his place of work. 2. An extreme deviation from the mean. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "outlier" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references) |
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Geography | An outcrop of younger rock, e. g. as a cap on a hill, completely surrounded by older rock and typically situated in isolation from a main mass(often a scarp)of similar age. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. An isolated mass or detached group of rocks surrounded by older rocks; e.g., an isolated hill or butte. CF:inlier b. Ore or favorable geologic indications distant from the main ore zone ofa district. e.g., an isolated hill or butte. CF:inlier b. Ore or favorable geologic indications distant from the main ore zone ofa district. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
One definition of "far away" in this context is:
These values define the so-called inner fences, beyond which an observation would be labeled a mild outlier.
Extreme outliers are observations that are beyond the outer fences:
Outliers usually demand special attention since they may indicate problems in sampling or data collection or transcription. Alternatively, an outlier could be the result of, for example, a truly unusual response to a given treatment, calling for further investigation by the researcher.
See also: box plot
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Outlier."
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Bee Burro in a Chacoan Outlier community occupied during the A.D. 900 to 1100 time period. It is tied to Chaco Canyon by a prehistoric road. Credit: Unknown. |
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| "Outlier" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Outlier" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (comparative) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
outlier | 11 |
medicare outlier payment | 3 |
anova in outlier | 3 |
outlier payment | 3 |
test outlier | 2 |
medicare outlier | 2 |
dixon outlier test | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "outlier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | person i veçuar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | външен човек (interloper, outsider), откъсната част (avulsion), отдалечена част. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 外围之物. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | yngre dannelse omgivet af aeldre lag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | observation aberrante, butte temoin, AVANT-butte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Seugenberg, Ausreisser, Auslieger. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τεκτονικός σκόπελος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kívülálló (outsider), beavatatlan (out of the know, outsider, profane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | outlier, osservazione aberrante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | outlieray maciço isolado. (various references) посторонний человек (outsider, stranger). (various references) osoba koja ne živi u mestu gde radi, koji ne živi u mestu službovanja, koji je van neke zajednice. (various references) observación extraña, parte aislada, neoneso. (various references) utliggare (boom). (various references) сторонній (exterior, extramural, outside, outsider, outward), стороння особа, сторожова охорона (out-guard, outpost), військова застава, військовий секрет, останець тектонічного покриву. (various references) người nằm ngo i. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "outlier": outliers. (additional references) | |
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"Outlier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Doutfire, muftileri, Ortlieb, otlier, outie, outire, Outler, outliar, outlife, outlyer, Roullier. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "outlier" (pronounced 'Out"li`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: loiter, outlie, rutile, toiler. | |
-2 letters: lirot, liter, litre, louie, oiler, oriel, ourie, outer, outre, relit, reoil, route, teloi, tiler, toile, triol, uteri, utile. | |
-3 letters: etui, euro, lier, lieu, lire, lite, litu, lore, loti, lour, lout, lure, lute, orle, riel, rile, riot, rite, roil, role, rote, roti, rotl, roue, rout, rule, tier, tile, tire. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: fluorite, outliers, outliner, outliver, ulterior. | |
+2 letters: courtlier, fluorites, outliners, outlivers, overbuilt, poultries, routinely, trialogue, troiluses, tumorlike, turmoiled, turophile, ureotelic. | |
+3 letters: boilersuit, courtliest, elucidator, elutriator, equatorial, fluoridate, fluorinate, irresolute, laureation, locutories, multipower, neutrophil, orbiculate, outdeliver, outfielder, outglitter, outlawries, outrivaled, outwhirled, pyrolusite, quatrefoil, regulation, resolution, revolution, rouletting, sclerotium, staurolite, tendrilous, tourmaline, trialogues, turophiles, ulceration, ulteriorly, ureotelism, uricotelic, urogenital, volumetric. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 75 74 6C 69 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ..- - .-.. .. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110101 01110100 01101100 01101001 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O u t l i e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0075 0074 006C 0069 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49878678757184 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnameser, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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