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unpivoting

unpivoting is the present participle and gerund of unpivot.

Meaning of unpivot

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

Questions about unpivoting

What is unpivoting the present participle and gerund of?
Unpivoting is the present participle and gerund of unpivot.

Words near unpivoting in the dictionary

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

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