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# typographical

«typographical» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with typing or printing letters and words** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (typographical; also typographic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with typing or printing letters and words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typographical/#m1)

2) «A typographical error» (a typo) is a mistake made when typing or printing, such as a wrong or missing letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typographical/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used about books, signs, computer work and checking writing: a teacher may circle a typographical error. Tells the reader the mistake is in the typing, not in the person's knowledge. Phrases: «typographical error», «typographical mistake».

### examples

- There is a typographical error on page five: «teh» should be «the». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typographical/#x1)
- The newspaper apologised for a typographical mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typographical/#x2)
- The sign said «Stoop» instead of «Stop», a typographical error. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typographical/#x3)
- Typographical errors are easy to miss when you read fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typographical/#x4)
- The printer fixed the typographical problems before the book came out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typographical/#x5)
- A typographical slip turned 50 into 500 on the price tag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typographical/#x6)
- Typographical problems have been changed and are listed below. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typographical/#x7)

### note

Long word; the short informal form is «typo». Say ty-po-GRAPH-i-cal. In maths problems a typographical error in a number (a missing 0) changes the value a lot, so check numbers carefully.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «typographical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typographical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.