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Noun: typographical error
  1. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
    "The newspaper issued an apology for the typographical error in yesterday's headline";
    - misprint, erratum, typo, literal error, literal

Derived forms: typographical errors

Type of: error, mistake

Encyclopedia: Typographical error