typographical error
noun
an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.
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How to use typographical error in a sentence
Only one typographical error was noted in the conversion of the printed document to digital format.
A Synopsis of the American Bats of the Genus Pipistrellus | Walter W. DalquestTranscriber's Note:The typographical error "overwhelmlingly" was changed to "overwhelmingly."
Communism and Christianism | William Montgomery BrownThe result of all this care was that, according to Borrow the edition exhibited scarcely one typographical error.
The Life of George Borrow | Herbert JenkinsThe transcriber has taken the liberty to change 1820 to read 1720, as this appears to be a typographical error.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire | Thomas ColemanExcept in the case of apparent typographical error, discrepancies were left as printed.
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