Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An error to be corrected, especially a printer's error.
  • noun A list of errors in a book along with their corrections.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Something, especially a word or phrase in print, that is to be corrected or altered.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A fault or error to be corrected.
  • noun A correction of an error, especially in a printed document.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.
  • noun usually plural A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections, known as an errata page.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a printer's error; to be corrected

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin, neuter gerundive of corrigere, to correct; see correct.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin corrigendum, nominative neuter singular of corrigendus, the future passive participle (gerundive) of corrigō ("I correct").

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Examples

  • The word "corrigendum" usually means a list of errors and their corrections. are sometimes issued by ISO.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • It is therefore obvious that this error should be corrected (via some kind of corrigendum to the WG2 report perhaps), but it is important to realise that this doesn't mean that Himalayan glaciers are doing just fine.

    RealClimate 2010

  • It is therefore obvious that this error should be corrected (via some kind of corrigendum to the WG2 report perhaps), but it is important to realise that this doesn't mean that Himalayan glaciers are doing just fine.

    RealClimate Ray Ladbury 2010

  • It is therefore obvious that this error should be corrected (via some kind of corrigendum to the WG2 report perhaps), but it is important to realise that this doesn't mean that Himalayan glaciers are doing just fine.

    RealClimate AxelD 2010

  • It is therefore obvious that this error should be corrected (via some kind of corrigendum to the WG2 report perhaps), but it is important to realise that this doesn't mean that Himalayan glaciers are doing just fine.

    RealClimate Ray Ladbury 2010

  • It is therefore obvious that this error should be corrected (via some kind of corrigendum to the WG2 report perhaps), but it is important to realise that this doesn't mean that Himalayan glaciers are doing just fine.

    RealClimate Ray Ladbury 2010

  • It is therefore obvious that this error should be corrected (via some kind of corrigendum to the WG2 report perhaps), but it is important to realise that this doesn't mean that Himalayan glaciers are doing just fine.

    RealClimate Completely Fed Up 2010

  • It is therefore obvious that this error should be corrected (via some kind of corrigendum to the WG2 report perhaps), but it is important to realise that this doesn't mean that Himalayan glaciers are doing just fine.

    RealClimate Completely Fed Up 2010

  • It is therefore obvious that this error should be corrected (via some kind of corrigendum to the WG2 report perhaps), but it is important to realise that this doesn't mean that Himalayan glaciers are doing just fine.

    RealClimate Completely Fed Up 2010

  • It is therefore obvious that this error should be corrected (via some kind of corrigendum to the WG2 report perhaps), but it is important to realise that this doesn't mean that Himalayan glaciers are doing just fine.

    RealClimate AxelD 2010

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