eureka
(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.
(used as an exclamation of triumph at a discovery.)
Origin of eureka
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a city in NW California.
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How to use eureka in a sentence
That part of New York, lower Manhattan, dominated for 300 years, then all of a sudden the whole thing rises up—eureka-like.
Mayor Frank Jager of eureka made that clear when he spoke at a press conference outside the church.
As 2014 Began, a Fateful Path to a Catholic Priest’s Murder | Michael Daly | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA dispatcher relayed instructions from a eureka detective to the arresting deputies.
As 2014 Began, a Fateful Path to a Catholic Priest’s Murder | Michael Daly | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe chef behind hit Beverly Hills pop-up restaurant eureka is Flynn McGarry.
Meet Flynn McGarry: America’s Next Great Chef Is 14 Years Old | Jace Lacob | May 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNot just one of his films but all of them from Performance through to eureka.
Danny Boyle, Director of 'Trance,' On His Favorite Psychological Thrillers | Danny Boyle | April 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
"We ought to have called him and Dorothy when we were first attacked," added eureka.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | L. Frank Baum"eureka sees better in the dark than we can," whispered Dorothy.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | L. Frank BaumThey mounted into the buggy, Dorothy holding eureka safe in her lap.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | L. Frank BaumDorothy held eureka in her arms and bade her friends a fond good-bye.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | L. Frank BaumYou owe the eureka, as your share of the assessment, two dollars and forty cents.
The Varmint | Owen Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for eureka
/ (jʊˈriːkə) /
an exclamation of triumph on discovering or solving something
Origin of eureka
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Eureka!
[ (yoo-ree-kuh) ]
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.)
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