Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OUTLIER
outlier
(noun) an extreme deviation from the mean
outlier
(noun) a person who lives away from his place of work
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
outlier (plural outliers)
A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
(geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
(statistics) A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.
Antonyms
• inlier
Source: Wiktionary
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.)
Definition: A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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