Typographical Error (Noun)
Meaning
A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The publisher apologized for the typographical error on the book's cover, which incorrectly listed the author's name.
- A single typographical error in the phone number printed on the business card made it impossible for customers to reach the company.
- The typographical error in the recipe book resulted in a batch of inedible cookies, as the incorrect ratio of ingredients was given.
- The newspaper issued a correction for the typographical error that had appeared in the previous day's edition, which had incorrectly reported the winner of the election.
- The company's website was taken down temporarily to correct a typographical error in the code that was causing the site to malfunction.