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out·li·er

(out′lī′ər)

1. One that lives or is located outside or at the edge of a given area: outliers of the forest standing in the field.

2. One that exists outside or at an extreme of a category, pattern, or expectation; an extreme case or exception: "those egg-laying outliers of mammaldom, the duck-billed platypus and the anteating echidna" (Natalie Angier).

3. A value far from most others in a set of data: "Outliers make statistical analyses difficult" (Harvey Motulsky).

4. A portion of stratified rock separated from a main formation by erosion.

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outlier

(ˈaʊtˌlaɪə)

1. (Geological Science) an outcrop of rocks that is entirely surrounded by older rocks

2. a person, thing, or part situated away from a main or related body

3. a person who lives away from his place of work, duty, etc

4. (Statistics) statistics a point in a sample widely separated from the main cluster of points in the sample. See scatter diagram

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out•li•er

(ˈaʊtˌlaɪ ər)

n.

1. a person residing away from a business, duty, etc.

2. Geol. a part of a formation left detached through the removal of surrounding parts by erosion.

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Noun	1.	outlier - a person who lives away from his place of work occupant, occupier, resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
	2.	outlier - an extreme deviation from the mean statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters deviation - the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

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The hills are of a remarkable form; they consist of flat patches of table-land, surrounded by low perpendicular cliffs, like the outliers of a sedimentary deposit.

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"Eat," said Akela, rising up from the meat Mowgli had brought him, and the Outlier flung himself on it.

"Thou art indeed an Outlier," Mowgli called back; "but we will speak when the dholes are dead.

It was Won-tolla, the Outlier, and he said never a word, but continued his horrible sport beside the dholes.

"Is thy stomach still empty, Outlier?" said Mowgli.

"It is not wise to kill cubs and lahinis," Mowgli went on philosophically, wiping the blood out of his eyes, "unless one has also killed the Outlier; and it is in my stomach that this Won-tolla kills thee."

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There is certainly a great deal of business benefit to be gained by concentrating efforts on these employee outliers. Top talent will likely produce some of your greatest business successes, and it's certainly a compelling vision to think there's a gifted innovator in your midst who just needs the right encouragement to have an amazing business idea.