decipherment
- a word derived from decipher.
Example Sentences
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Scholars have compiled complete, updated databases of all known inscribed artefacts - crucial for decipherment.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
The decipherment is an extraordinary story of passion and perseverance, particularly considering he never even saw the real Rosetta Stone.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
Sebald’s attempt at decipherment must become, in part, ours: we are trying to puzzle this material out, just as Sebald, the fanatical author-researcher, is.
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2017
A valuable key to the decipherment of hieroglyphs is the inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 28, 2015
He said that the quick decipherment enabled him “to avoid the systematic errors which invariably arise from prolonged reflection.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
