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Noun: erratum (errata)  e'raa-tum
  1. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
    "The publisher issued a list of errata for the first edition of the book";
    - misprint, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal
     
  2. A list of corrections to a publication; a short follow-up article correcting one or more errors
    "The journal published an erratum to address the miscalculated data in last month's issue"

Derived forms: errata

Type of: error, mistake

Encyclopedia: Erratum