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Definition the Rosetta Stone in American English

the Rosetta Stone noun

noun
/roʊˈzetə ˌstoʊn/

From a stone found in Egypt that contained the same information written in three different languages.

1

a discovery that makes it possible for people to understand something that was previously secret or impossible to know

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Definition the Rosetta Stone in American English