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Wiktionary

  1. n. A typographical error introduced by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape, as *tum for turn, or *Dosition for position.

Etymologies

  1. scan +‎ -o, modelled on typo (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “In primo scanno supra [22] "" infra [27] "eodem scanno inferius siue sub infra [26]”

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  • ruzuzu "n. term, term, term A typographical error introduced by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape, as *term for term, or *term for term." --Wiktionary

    To everything, term, term, term . . . .
    Dec 6, 2012

  • chained_bear Also the town my great-grandmother was born in. :) Apr 6, 2011

  • Prolagus English - a typo caused by OCR software.
    Italian - "(I) slaughter". See scannare. Dec 20, 2010

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