transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgȯr-dē-ən- ]
noun
Date: 1579
1. : an intricate problem ; especially : a problem insoluble in its own terms — often used in the phrase cut the Gordian knot
2. : a knot tied by Gordius, king of Phrygia, held to be capable of being untied only by the future ruler of Asia, and cut by Alexander the Great with his sword