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hors population

English translation: an outlier


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French term or phrase:hors population
English translation:an outlier
Entered by: DLyons
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08:49 Apr 21, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense
French term or phrase: hors population
It's a document on trials for a fuze bomb.

Dans la séquence d'essais, le résultat du tir n° 6 (non fonctionnement à 2212 V) paraît hors population.
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an outlier
Explanation:
In the statistical sense.
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DLyons
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4 +2an outlier
DLyons


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
an outlier


Explanation:
In the statistical sense.

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 07:00
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PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you very much for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chris collister: ie not part of the statistical population, an event of unusually low probability
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Chris.

agree  André Vanasse
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  -> Thanks André.
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Apr 25, 2011 - Changes made by DLyons:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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