emendation
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, /ˌɛmənˈdeɪʃən/, /ɪˌmɛnˈdeɪʃən/
emendation
- The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 157
- Then, less melodiously, dissenters of different sects issue a cantankerous emendation.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 157
- Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
- The book might be improved by judicious emendations.
- (zoology, taxonomy) An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.
- The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα.
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