Meaning & use

Disaggregating

verb·Academic

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Breaking down a whole into its separate parts or components, especially data or statistics.

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Disaggregating the survey data by age revealed a clear generational split.

Researchers spent months disaggregating national figures into regional statistics.

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Common in statistics, economics, and social science, where disaggregated data reveals patterns hidden in overall totals.

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breaking downseparating

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aggregatingcombining

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