typographical error Meaning of "typographical error"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

Usage(s):

  1. Please assure me that no typographical error has been made.
  2. It is obviously some sort of typographical error, but what must have puzzled many an alert layman is the regularity of the error's spelling.
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