"unpivot" meaning in English

See unpivot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unpivots [present, singular, third-person], unpivoting [participle, present], unpivoted [participle, past], unpivoted [past]
Etymology: un- + pivot Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|pivot}} un- + pivot Head templates: {{en-verb}} unpivot (third-person singular simple present unpivots, present participle unpivoting, simple past and past participle unpivoted)
  1. (transitive, computing, databases) To convert columns into rows, so as to undo a pivot operation. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Databases

Inflected forms

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