English-Finnish translations for emendation

Definition of emendation

• The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement
• Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document
• An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed

Synonyms

• revision

Examples

• The book might be improved by judicious emendations.
• The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα

Related words

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• tremendous
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