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er⋅ra⋅tum

  [i-rah-tuhm, i-rey-, i-rat-uhm]
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–noun, plural -ta  [-tuh] .
1. an error in writing or printing.
2. a statement of an error and its correction inserted, usually on a separate page or slip of paper, in a book or other publication; corrigendum.
Origin:
1580–90; < L, n. use of errātum wandered, erred, strayed (neut. ptp. of errāre). See err, -ate 1

Usage note:
See errata.
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er·ra·tum   (ĭ-rä'təm, ĭ-rā'-)   
n.   pl. er·ra·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; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]
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Erratum

Er*ra"tum\, n.; pl. Errata. [L., fr. errare, erratum, to wander, err. See Err.] An error or mistake in writing or printing.

A single erratum may knock out the brains of a whole passage. --Cowper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : erratum
Spanish: errata,
German: der Druckfehler,
Japanese: 誤字
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erratum 
"list of corrections attached to a printed book," 1589, from L. erratum (pl. errata), neut. pp. of errare (see err).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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