eureka

¹

[ yoo-ree-kuh, yuh- ]

interjection

1. (initial capital letter) I have found (it): the reputed exclamation of Archimedes when, after long study, he discovered a method of detecting the amount of alloy mixed with the gold in the crown of the king of Syracuse.
2. (used as an exclamation of triumph at a discovery.)

Eureka

²

[ yoo-ree-kuh, yuh- ]

noun

1. a city in NW California.

eureka

/ jʊˈriːkə /

interjection

1. an exclamation of triumph on discovering or solving something

Eureka!

1. A Greek word meaning “I have found it!” An exclamation that accompanies a discovery: “When she finally located the rare book, the scholar cried, ‘Eureka!’” ( See Archimedes .)

Word History and Origins

Origin of eureka¹

1560–70; < Greek heúrēka, 1st person singular perfect indicative of heurískein to find, discover

Word History and Origins

Origin of eureka¹

C17: from Greek heurēka I have found (it), from heuriskein to find; traditionally the exclamation of Archimedes when he realized, during bathing, that the volume of an irregular solid could be calculated by measuring the water displaced when it was immersed

Example Sentences

That part of New York, lower Manhattan, dominated for 300 years, then all of a sudden the whole thing rises up—Eureka-like.

From The Daily Beast

Mayor Frank Jager of Eureka made that clear when he spoke at a press conference outside the church.

From The Daily Beast

A dispatcher relayed instructions from a Eureka detective to the arresting deputies.

From The Daily Beast

The chef behind hit Beverly Hills pop-up restaurant Eureka is Flynn McGarry.

From The Daily Beast

Not just one of his films but all of them from Performance through to Eureka.

From The Daily Beast

"We ought to have called him and Dorothy when we were first attacked," added Eureka.

From Project Gutenberg

"Eureka sees better in the dark than we can," whispered Dorothy.

From Project Gutenberg

They mounted into the buggy, Dorothy holding Eureka safe in her lap.

From Project Gutenberg

Dorothy held Eureka in her arms and bade her friends a fond good-bye.

From Project Gutenberg

You owe the Eureka, as your share of the assessment, two dollars and forty cents.

From Project Gutenberg

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