Meaning & use
disaggregation
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the process of separating something into its smaller or more basic parts.
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The report used disaggregation of the data by age and income to reveal hidden patterns.
Disaggregation of the merged company's divisions took nearly a year to complete.
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Often used in statistics and social science to describe breaking down combined data into subgroups, such as by gender or region.
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