detrend

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verb

To manipulate (data) to remove overall long-term trends in order to emphasise other patterns.

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Meanings

verbdetrend (third-person singular simple present detrends, present participle detrending, simple past and past participle detrended)

present singular third person detrends · participle present detrending · participle past detrended · past detrended

  1. transitiveeconomicsTo manipulate (data) to remove overall long-term trends in order to emphasise other patterns.

    Synonyms: detrendize

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo manipulate (data) to remove overall long-term trends in order to emphasise other patterns.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*trandijan
  8. Old Englishtrendan
  9. Middle Englishtrenden
  10. Englishtrend
  11. Englishdetrend

From de- + trend.

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APA

detrend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detrend

MLA

“detrend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detrend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detrend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detrend.

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