unpivot

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verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unpivots · participle present unpivoting · participle past unpivoted · past unpivoted

  1. transitivecomputingTo 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

Origin

From un- + pivot.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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