spreadsheetn.
/ˈsprɛdʃiːt/, U.S. /ˈsprɛdˌʃit/ 1. Rubber in the form of a thin, flexible sheet, manufactured by passing a doughy mass of rubber, sulphur, and naphtha through rollers, and often applied to a textile base; a sheet of rubber of this kind. Frequently attributive. Now rare.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [noun] > other rubber materials
white rubber1807
rubber cement1849
spreadsheet1863
pale crêpe1908
Sorbo1917
Onazote1920
paragutta1931
sponge rubber1932
pliofilm1934
1863 Once a Week 4 July 52/2 Spread sheet india-rubber..is made by masticating, and mixing sulphur in the proportion of two ounces to a pound of the rubber, and then dissolving it to the consistency of dough.
1881 Railway Purchasing Agent Jan. 6/1 Messrs. Cow & Co. have provided some samples of their extra-elastic bandages, made out of spread sheet.
1902 C. O. Weber Chem. India Rubber i. 17 The mechanical strength of india rubber which has once been dissolved is greatly inferior to that of the crude rubber, a difference..which finds expression in the universal commercial distinction of cut sheet rubber as against ‘spread sheet rubber’.
1919 H. L. Terry India-rubber & its Manuf. xii. 169 The rubber surface is sometimes of cut sheet and sometimes of spread sheet.
1936 R. J. Noble Latex in Industry xiii. 225 It has long been the practice to form spread sheets in strips, bands and the like on the conventional type of spreader.
2. A document consisting of columns and rows, in which data is recorded and organized; (originally) such a document drafted or printed on a sheet of paper (now rare); (in later use) an electronic document of this kind; (also) a computer program used for creating such a document, typically capable of performing calculations automatically as data is entered.
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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > applications program > spreadsheet
spreadsheet1982
worksheet1982
workbook1991
1907 Trans. Amer. Hosp. Assoc. 9 148 A spread sheet showing every item of expenditure is prepared each month.
1932 Jrnl. Accountancy Mar. 173 In some cases the spread sheet is used as a final report.
1961 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 61 68/2 We designed a spread sheet on which could be recorded a summarized version.
1982 Micro Software Mag. May 4/1 Software designers have used two distinct methods in their attempt to provide the perfect package for financial modelling on a microcomputer: dynamic on-screen spreadsheet calculations, and the more traditionally processed logic file.
1983 Times 9 Aug. 3 (advt.) Super Features. Including a full 80-column by 24-line display for word processing and large spreadsheets.
2003 J. Kraynak Compl. Idiot's Guide Computer Basics (ed. 3) iii. 180 I bet you're just dying to know how you go about making a spreadsheet.
2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 June b10/1 The Excel module..displays most elements of a spreadsheet, including charts and graphics.
Derivatives
ˈspreadsheeting n. the use or creation of a spreadsheet or spreadsheet program.
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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > applications program > spreadsheet > use of
spreadsheeting1983
1983 Philadelphia Inquirer 17 Apr. p9/2 Enough software for either word processing or electronic spreadsheeting.
1986 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 1 June 14/5 Some of the knowledge for achievement—arithmetic, spreadsheeting, grammar—can be delegated to machines.
1994 What PC? Oct. 63/1 It is simply to be a portable word processor with perhaps a bit of spreadsheeting thrown in.
2013 R. Tollman Bookkeeping & Accts. 131 You can both get a better view of your business and learn spreadsheeting at the same time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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