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eureka
1[ yoo-ree-kuh, yuh- ]
interjection
- (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.)
Eureka
2[ yoo-ree-kuh, yuh- ]
noun
- a city in NW California.
eureka
/ jʊˈriːkə /
interjection
- an exclamation of triumph on discovering or solving something
Eureka!
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of eureka1
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.
Mayor Frank Jager of Eureka made that clear when he spoke at a press conference outside the church.
A dispatcher relayed instructions from a Eureka detective to the arresting deputies.
The chef behind hit Beverly Hills pop-up restaurant Eureka is Flynn McGarry.
Not just one of his films but all of them from Performance through to Eureka.
"We ought to have called him and Dorothy when we were first attacked," added Eureka.
"Eureka sees better in the dark than we can," whispered Dorothy.
They mounted into the buggy, Dorothy holding Eureka safe in her lap.
Dorothy held Eureka in her arms and bade her friends a fond good-bye.
You owe the Eureka, as your share of the assessment, two dollars and forty cents.
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