noun
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an error in writing or printing
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another name for corrigendum
Usage
See errata.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of erratum
1580–90; < Latin, noun use of errātum wandered, erred, strayed (neuter past participle of errāre ). See err, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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I think his social media followers will instead shout, “Holy erratum, Batman.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2019
But in an erratum issued by the journal, first reported by Retraction Watch, the authors said those two findings were “exactly reversed.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 11, 2016
This one isn’t, strictly speaking, a study but, rather, a remarkable erratum to a study that garnered quite a bit of attention when it was published, in 2012, in the American Journal of Political Science.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 11, 2016
“That’s another error in this publication and I’ve submitted an erratum to the publisher,” Thorp said.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 10, 2014
The Emperor Nicholas wishes an erratum corrected in the next edition of our dictionaries.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
The journal will assess the claims, he adds, and issue errata or retractions if warranted.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 10, 2022
Bik estimates that her discoveries have led to at least 172 retractions and more than 300 errata and corrections.
From Nature ● May 12, 2020
If you have a correction to suggest, submit it through our errata reporting tool.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
The errata of John M. Ford could fill volumes, if you could locate all of it.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2019
In the twenty years between the first shovelsful of dirt and the final errata sheets, the scientists concluded that paleo-Indians had occupied Monte Verde at least 12,800 years ago.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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