Erratum

3 definitions found

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]:

  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]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "erratum":
     clerical error, corrigendum, error, failure, fault, faute,
     human error, misapprehension, miscalculation, miscarriage,
     misconception, miscount, misdeal, misidentification, misjudgment,
     misplay, misprint, misquotation, misreport, miss, misstatement,
     mistake, misunderstanding, misuse, typo, typographical error