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unpivot

unpivot verb: to convert columns into rows, so as to undo a pivot operation.

Verb

unpivot (third-person singular simple present unpivots, present participle unpivoting, simple past and past participle unpivoted)

  1. (transitive) To convert columns into rows, so as to undo a pivot operation.
    • Unpivoting a cross tab reconstructs a table in a relational format from a cross-tab data source.2005, Rick Dobson, Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express Database Applications, page 243

Forms of unpivot

third-person singular presentunpivots
present participleunpivoting
past participleunpivoted
pastunpivoted

Origin of unpivot

From un- + pivot.

Questions about unpivot

What does unpivot mean?
Unpivot means to convert columns into rows, so as to undo a pivot operation.
What part of speech is unpivot?
Unpivot is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpivot?
The past tense of unpivot is unpivoted.

Words near unpivot in the dictionary

  1. unpitted
  2. unpity
  3. unpitying
  4. unpityingly
  5. unpityingness
  6. unpivot
  7. unpivoted
  8. unpivoting
  9. unpivots
  10. unpixelated
  11. unpixellated

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