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- 1. a port city in northwestern California, on Humboldt Bay off the Pacific Ocean, a noted lumbering center; population 25,300 (est. 2008).
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"Eureka" comes from the Ancient Greek word εὕρηκα heúrēka, meaning "I have found (it)", which is the first person singular perfect indicative active of the verb εὑρίσκω heurískō "I find".
Contents. EUREKA definition: 1. used to show that you have been successful in something you were trying to do: 2. used to show…. Learn more.
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 .)
The meaning of EUREKA is —used to express triumph on a discovery. How to use eureka in a sentence.
Word origin. 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. Word Frequency.
Eureka definition: Used to express triumph upon finding or discovering something.
Dictionary definition of eureka. Used to express triumph or excitement upon making a discovery or finding something that was previously lost or unknown. "The detective had a Eureka moment when he finally cracked the case."
