outlier

🇺🇸 /ˈaʊtlaɪər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈaʊtlaɪə(r)/
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noun
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.

R

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.

translation

n. A person or thing that is noticeably different from the rest of a group.; A data point that is significantly higher or lower than the rest of the data in a set.

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Plural outliers