Definition of Erratum

1. Noun. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.

Exact synonyms: Literal, Literal Error, Misprint, Typo, Typographical Error
Generic synonyms: Error, Mistake
Derivative terms: Misprint

Definition of Erratum

1. n. An error or mistake in writing or printing.

Definition of Erratum

1. Noun. An error, especially one in a printed work. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Erratum

1. a printing error [n -TA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erratum

errants
errata
erratas
erratic
erratical
erratically
erraticalness
erraticism
erraticisms
erratick
erraticness
erratics
erration
errations
erratique
erratum (current term)
erraunt
erred
erreminise
errhine
errhines
erring
erringly
errings
erroneous
erroneous belief
erroneous projection
erroneously
erroneousness
erroneousnesses

Literary usage of Erratum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"If he pleads in nullo est erratum, he admits the fact assigned for error. R. Yel. 57- R. 2 Lev. 38. But if the feet assigned for error is no error, ..."

2. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"If the pit. discontinue after in nullo est erratum 703. pleaded, ... If the deft, die after in nullo est erratum pleaded, the court may reverse the judgment ..."

3. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1800)
"... but in none of them is (hit erratum committed. I hence con- elude, that Didot ¡lined originally only a few copies from Ml preis, ..."

4. The Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery: Comprising Its Rise by George Spence, Henry Maddock (1850)
"executory" is in gome instances used where " director)1" is meant. erratum IN YOL. I. Page 629, note (0, after "Doe v. Ellis," insert " but eee 1 Viet. c. ..."

5. Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford by Oxford University Press, Horace Hart, James Augustus Henry Murray, Henry Bradley (1905)
"ERRATA; erratum Do not be guilty of the absurd mistake of printing ' Errata' as a heading for a single correction. When a list of errors has been dealt with ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1900)
"... yet this can be explained by the fact that carbon dioxide is invariably a result of the decomposition of nickel carbonyl in solution. erratum. ..."

7. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"erratum.—Vol. XVI, p. 537: lasted fifteen (not five) seconds. the exposure of picture and odor ... erratum."

8. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Yule (GU) on interference phenomena in electric waves passing through different thicknesses of electrolyte, 96. erratum. P. 331, line 7, ..."

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