Errata

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Errata \Er*ra"ta\, n. pl. [L.]
     1. Plural of {erratum}. See {Erratum}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A list of errors together with the corrections for the
        errors, added as a separate page of a text prior to


        publication, or as a separate sheet inserted into a
        printed text; as, the {errata} was added after the
        printing was finished..
        [PJC]
  
     Note: Although originally a plural word, the use of {errata}
           as a singular word in second sense has become common.
           [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Erratum \Er*ra"tum\, n.; pl. {Errata}. [L., fr. errare, erratum,
     to wander, err. See {Err}.]
     An error or mistake in writing or printing.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A single erratum may knock out the brains of a whole
           passage.                                 --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  errata
       See {erratum}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  erratum
       n : a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical
           failures of some kind [syn: {misprint}, {typographical
           error}, {typo}, {literal error}, {literal}]
       [also: {errata} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "errata":
     acknowledgments, back, back matter, bastard title, bibliography,
     catch line, catchword, colophon, contents, contents page,
     copyright page, dedication, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, flyleaf,
     folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, half-title page, head,
     imprint, index, inscription, introduction, leaf, makeup, page,
     preface, preliminaries, recto, reverso, running title, signature,
     subtitle, table of contents, tail, text, title, title page,
     trim size, type page, verso