typographical
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nontypographic adjective
- nontypographical adjective
- nontypographically adverb
- pretypographical adjective
- typographically adverb
Etymology
Origin of typographical
1770–80; < New Latin typographicus, equivalent to Medieval Latin typograph(ia) typography + -icus -ic + -al 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The stories that follow have been edited for typographical errors but maintain the AP style of the day.
From Seattle Times
They then entered the hell of trying to persuade Xerox to integrate Interpress into its laser printers and other typographical products.
From Los Angeles Times
J&J said Alcon left "smoking guns" in its code that showed its theft, like typographical errors identical to those in J&J's code and comments dating from before LenSx development started.
From Reuters
Worse yet, he said, small typographical differences like someone using a middle initial on one application but not on another can easily result in duplicates that the registrar doesn’t catch.
From Washington Times
Professor Davison discovered more than misplaced commas and other grammatical or typographical errors in the material.
From New York Times
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