outlier
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/ˈaʊtlaɪər/
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/ˈaʊtlaɪə(r)/
A person or thing that is noticeably different from the rest of a group.
In a group of artists, the scientist was an outlier.
在一群艺术家中,科学家是个异类。
A data point that is significantly higher or lower than the rest of the data in a set.
The high score was an outlier, making the average score seem much higher than it actually was.
高分是一个异常值,使得平均分数看起来比实际要高得多。