Unpivot

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To convert columns into rows, so as to undo a pivot operation. transitive

    "Unpivoting a cross tab reconstructs a table in a relational format from a cross-tab data source."

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"Unpivoting a cross tab reconstructs a table in a relational format from a cross-tab data source."

Etymology

From un- + pivot.

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