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.

Only one typographical error was noted in the conversion of the printed document to digital format.

Transcriber's Note:The typographical error "overwhelmlingly" was changed to "overwhelmingly."

The result of all this care was that, according to Borrow the edition exhibited scarcely one typographical error.

The transcriber has taken the liberty to change 1820 to read 1720, as this appears to be a typographical error.

Except in the case of apparent typographical error, discrepancies were left as printed.

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