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Rosetta Stone en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A large inscribed stone found near Rosetta, Egypt, in 1799, later used as a basis for understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing.
2. (broadly) Any source of information crucial to interpreting.
   • My friend’s carefully-compiled notebook was the Rosetta Stone that opened up understanding of the physics lectures.
   • Deputy team leader Larry Soderblom and team member Carl Sagan argued that the surfaces of these satellites, in their cratering history, would be a Rosetta stone for understanding the early years of the outer solar system. 1990 August, Bradford A. Smith, “Voyage of the Century”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 53:

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ko 로제타석 (large inscribed stone) · sk Rosettská doska (large inscribed stone) · ms Batu Rosetta (large inscribed stone) · sh Kamen iz Rosette (large inscribed stone) · sl Kamen iz Rosette (large inscribed stone) · ja ロゼッタ・ストーン (large inscribed stone) · ru розе́ттский ка́мень (large inscribed stone) · de Stein von Rosette (large inscribed stone) · az Rozetta daşı (large inscribed stone) · he אבן רוזטה (large inscribed stone) · bg Розетски камък (large inscribed stone) · pt Pedra de Roseta (large inscribed stone) · fr Pierre de Rosette (large inscribed stone) · it Stele di Rosetta (large inscribed stone) · id Batu Rosetta (large inscribed stone) · sv Rosettastenen (large inscribed stone) · hu rosette-i kő (large inscribed stone) · ro Piatra din Rosetta (large inscribed stone) · fi Rosettan kivi (large inscribed stone) · az Rəşid daşı (large inscribed stone) · yue 羅塞塔石碑 /罗塞塔石碑 (large inscribed stone) · pl Kamień z Rosetty (large inscribed stone) · ar حَجَر رَشِيد (large inscribed stone) · da Rosettastenen (large inscribed stone) · nl Steen van Rosette (large inscribed stone) · eu Rosetta harri (large inscribed stone) · nb Rosettastenen (large inscribed stone) · es Piedra de Rosetta (large inscribed stone) · ca Pedra de Rosetta (large inscribed stone) · nn Rosettasteinen (large inscribed stone) · fa سنگ رشید (large inscribed stone) · cmn 羅塞塔石碑 /罗塞塔石碑 (large inscribed stone) · af Rosettasteen (large inscribed stone) · th ศิลาโรเซตตา (large inscribed stone) · nrf Pièrre dé Rosette (large inscribed stone) · tr Rosetta Taşı (large inscribed stone) · ka როზეტის ქვა (large inscribed stone) · eo Rozeta ŝtono (large inscribed stone) · el Στήλη της Ροζέττας (large inscribed stone)