1. an error in a printed work discovered after printing, along with its correction
Usage: formal; publishing

Examples

• The publisher issued a corrigendum for the textbook’s incorrect formula.
• A corrigendum was printed on a separate slip and inserted into each copy.
• The journal included a corrigendum in the next issue to fix the citation error.
• Readers found the corrigendum helpful in understanding the author’s intended meaning.
• The corrigendum corrected several typos that had appeared in the original edition.
• Academic publishers routinely issue corrigenda when significant errors are discovered.