spreadsheet
/ˈspɹɛd.ʃit/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.
noun
A document created with such an application.
noun
A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.
Dated
Example Sentences
- "The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar."
- "A little later in this chapter, we'll run through some of the most common methods journalists use to analyze the material they gather and store in spreadsheets."
- "For example, my own entry into the world of theorycrafting happened when I took somebody’s prot paladin spreadsheet and translated it into MATLAB code."
- "If you'd spreadsheeted the cascade charts and sorted it by each name's sphere of influence, then the people Carrie Johnstone sent the police to get constituted a big chunk of the middle third—people who “commanded” maybe four of five others—and maybe 10 percent of the top influencers."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈspɹɛd.ʃit/
- British English: /ˈspɹɛd.ʃiːt/