errata

noun

er·ra·ta | \ e-ˈrä-tə

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, -ˈrā-, -ˈra-\

Definition of errata

: a list of errors in a printed work discovered after printing and shown with corrections also : a page bearing such a list The publisher should include with the book an errata sheet, as is customary with publishers specializing in quantitative methods. — Susan M. Elshaw-Thrall

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Although brief, the prefaces of the first two editions and an errata page are written in a distinctive (and often complaining) voice. — Keith Stavely And Kathleen Fitzgerald, Smithsonian, "What America’s First Cookbook Says About Our Country and Its Cuisine," 12 Jan. 2018 Although brief, the prefaces of the first two editions and an errata page are written in a distinctive (and often complaining) voice. — Keith Stavely And Kathleen Fitzgerald, Smithsonian, "What America’s First Cookbook Says About Our Country and Its Cuisine," 12 Jan. 2018

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