See also: Eureka and eurêka

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From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, I have found), perfect active indicative first singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, to find). Archimedes supposedly exclaimed this when he figured out how to find the density of an object.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /jəˈɹiː.kə/
    • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /jʊˈɹiː.kə/
  • Rhymes: -iːkə

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eureka

  1. An exclamation indicating sudden discovery.
    • 1821, Byron, Don Juan:
      Eureka! I have found it! What I mean / To say is, not that love is idleness, / But that in love such idleness has been / An accessory, as I have cause to guess.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World [], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
      "Eureka!" he cried, his teeth shining through his beard. "Gentlemen, you may congratulate me and we may congratulate each other. The problem is solved."
    • 1970, Peter Porter, The Sanitized Sonnets, The Last of England:
      A page is turned - eureka, a snatch of tune / is playing itself, the piss-proud syllables / are unveiling a difficult prosody.

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eureka (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of constantan (copper-nickel alloy)

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, I have found), perfect active indicative 1st singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, I find).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌœy̯ˈreːkaː/, /øːˈreːkaː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: eu‧re‧ka

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eureka

  1. eureka

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὕρηκᾰ (heúrēka).

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eureka

  1. eureka

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  • IPA(key): /euˈɾeka/ [eu̯ˈɾe.ka]
  • Rhymes: -eka
  • Syllabification: eu‧re‧ka

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eureka

  1. eureka

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