onlier

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Something that lies very close to the expected position.

   • Butte ( onlier )
   • Such outcrops of younger rock, entirely surrounded by older beds, are called outliers or onliers.
   • Although influential cases thus have extreme values on one or more of the variables, they can be onliers rather than outliers.
2. 2

   Alternative form of onlyer.

   • This finds its expression in the growth of the proportion of onliers in Party membership; from 32 per cent in 1956, it increased to 37.8 per cent at the end of 1965.
   • And, on the side of labor and skills, these countries are still onliers, with low educational attainment, short job tenure, high regulation, and high informality.

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