erratum
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er·ra·tum
(ĭ-rä'təm, ĭ-rā'-) 
n., pl., -ta (-tə).
An error in printing or writing, especially such an error noted in a list of corrections and bound into a book.
n., pl., -ta (-tə).
An error in printing or writing, especially such an error noted in a list of corrections and bound into a book.
[Latin errātum, from neuter past participle of errāre, to stray.]
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erratum
meaning 'an error (in printed matter)' is pronounced i-rah-tǝm. It is a singular noun, with a plural errata. Errata should not be used as a singular noun on the analogy of agenda; if a singular is needed, a phrase such as list of errata is preferable.
| err, erotica, ergative | |
| ersatz, erstwhile, escalate |
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erratum
noun
- An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true: error, inaccuracy, incorrectness, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip, slip-up, trip. See correct/incorrect.
A correction of a printing, typographical, or editorial error.
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[Latin, Error.] The term used in the Latin formula for the assignment of mistakes made in a case.
After reviewing a case, if a judge decides that there was no error, he or she indicates so by replying, "In nollo est erratum," which means, "no error was committed." The plural is errata.
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For other uses, see Errata (disambiguation).
An erratum or corrigendum (plurals: errata, corrigenda) is a correction of a book or article. An erratum is most commonly issued shortly after its original text is published. Patches to security issues in a computer program are also sometimes called errata. As a general rule, publishers issue an erratum for a production error (i.e. an error introduced during the publishing process) and a corrigendum for an author's error.
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Errata sheets
"Errata, lists of errors and their corrections, may take the form of loose, inserted sheets or bound-in pages. An errata sheet is definitely not a usual part of a book. It should never be supplied to correct simple typographical errors (which may be rectified in a later printing) or to insert additions to, or revisions of, the printed text (which should wait for the next edition of the book). It is a device to be used only in extreme cases where errors severe enough to cause misunderstanding are detected too late to correct in the normal way but before the finished book is distributed. Then the errors may be listed with their locations and their corrections on a sheet that is tipped in, either before or after the book is bound, or laid in loose, usually inside the front cover of the book. (Tipping and inserting must be done by hand, thus adding considerably to the cost of the book.)" [1]
Meanings in a non-editorial context
Design errors and mistakes in a CPU's hardwired microcode may also be referred to as errata. One well-publicized example is Intel's "FDIV" erratum in early Pentium processors,[2] known as the Pentium FDIV bug. This gave incorrect answers to a floating-point division instruction (FDIV) for a small set of numbers, due to an incorrect lookup table inside the Pentium chip.
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Erratum
Nederlands (Dutch)
druk-/schrijffout (m.n. opgenomen in errata)
Français (French)
n. - erratum, coquille
Deutsch (German)
n. - Erratum, Druckfehler
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τυπογρ.) τυπογραφικό λάθος, παρόραμα
Italiano (Italian)
errore di stampa
Português (Portuguese)
n. - erro (m) tipográfico, errata (f)
Русский (Russian)
опечатка, ошибка, недосмотр
Español (Spanish)
n. - errata, error de imprenta
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tryckfel, skrivfel, rättelselista
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
错误, 勘误表, 错字
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 錯誤, 勘誤表, 錯字
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) خطأ مطبعي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - טעות דפוס, טעות כתב
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