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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Valeur aberrante

Pronunciation / Transliteration: valœʁ abɛʁɑ̃t

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Outlier/ˈaʊtˌlaɪ.ər/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Dans l'étude, plusieurs valeurs aberrantes ont été identifiées."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or thing that is situated away from or classed differently from a main group or set.

    "In the study, the researcher identified several outliers that skewed the results."
  2. 2

    In statistics, a data point that differs significantly from other observations.

    "The outlier in the dataset indicated a potential error in data collection."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'outlie' (to lie outside), formed by combining the adverb/preposition 'out' with 'lie'. The term evolved in geology and statistics during the 19th century to describe formations or data points distinctively separate from the main body.

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