Outlier - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Outlier :  (noun)
1: a person who lives away from his place of work
2: an extreme deviation from the mean

Based on WordNet 2.0

Outlier : \Out"li`er\, n. 1. One who does not live where his office, or business, or estate, is. --Bentley.

2. That which lies, or is, away from the main body.

3. (Geol.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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