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Emendations

The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.

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noun
  1. 1

    The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.

  2. 2

    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."

  3. 3

    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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