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erratum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɛˈɹɑːtəm/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ɛˈɹɑɾəm] (Canada, US)
• (Texas) audio
• (New-York) audio Albany
• /ɛˈɹɑtəm/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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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corrigendum