exception — meaning in English

English meaning

• exception noun Someone or something left out of a general rule or statement.
• outlier noun A data point that sits far away from the rest of a set of results, and which may signal a real extreme case or a measurement error.

Senses

exception is used for these senses in English:

• outlier A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.

exception — full definition

1. noun Someone or something left out of a general rule or statement.
2. noun A formal objection, especially on legal grounds.
3. noun In computing, an unexpected error condition that interrupts normal program flow and can be caught and handled.

outlier — full definition

1. noun A data point that sits far away from the rest of a set of results, and which may signal a real extreme case or a measurement error.
2. noun A person or thing that stands markedly apart from the others in a group.
3. noun In geology, an isolated area of younger rock surrounded by older rock, separated from the main body by erosion.

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