Definition of Eueka
Eureka (i. e. I have found it), the exclamation of Archimedes on
discovering how to test the purity of the gold in the crown of
Hiero (q. v.); he discovered it, tradition says, when taking a
bath.
- Wikipedia
||Eu*re"ka (?). [Gr. &?; I have found, perfect indicative
of &?; to find.] The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who
is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have
found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of
finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed.
Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
A European technological development programme.
- The Free Online Computing Dictionary
- An exclamation indicating sudden discovery.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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