1. (

• misprint ,
• erratum ,
• typographical_error ,
• typo ,
• literal_error ,
• literal

) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind ;

1. (

• actual ,
• genuine ,
• literal ,
• real

) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" ;

2. (

• literal

) without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him" ;

3. (

• literal

) limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation" ;

4. (

• literal

) avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth" ;