erratum

noun — 2 senses

erratum

noun

UK /ɛˈɹɑːtəm/ · CA, US /ɛˈɹɑtəm/

Etymology Borrowed from Latin errātum, neuter of errātus (“mistaken”).

1

A published notice reporting an error belatedly discovered in a previous publication.

  • When the journal's editors found out about the misreported details, they issued an erratum.
2

An error, especially one in a printed work.

  • Erratum / The correct ISBN for this book is […]1996, Timon Screech, The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan: The Lens within the Heart, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, copyright page:

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