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eu⋅re⋅ka

  [yoo-ree-kuh, yuh-]
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–interjection
1. (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.
2. (used as an exclamation of triumph at a discovery.)
Origin:
1560–70; < Gk heúrēka, 1st person sing. perf. indic. of heurískein to find, discover
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Eu⋅re⋅ka

  [yoo-ree-kuh, yuh-]
–noun
a city in NW California. 24,153.
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eu·re·ka   (yŏŏ-rē'kə)   
interj.  Used to express triumph upon finding or discovering something.

[Greek heurēka, I have found (it) (supposedly exclaimed by Archimedes upon discovering how to measure the volume of an irregular solid and thereby determine the purity of a gold object), first person sing. perfect of heuriskein, to find.]
Eu·re·ka   (yŏŏ-rē'kə)   
A city of northwest California on Humboldt Bay, an arm of the Pacific Ocean. Lumbering, fishing, and tourism are important to its economy. Population: 25,400.
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Word Origin & History

eureka 
1603, from Gk. heureka "I have found (it)," first pers. sing. perfect active indicative of heuriskein "to find." Supposedly shouted by Archimedes (c.287-212 B.C.E.) when he solved a problem that had been set to him: determining whether goldsmiths had adulterated the metal in the crown of Hiero II, king of Syracuse.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

Eureka
A European technological development programme.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Eureka

county, central Nevada, U.S. It is drained by the Humboldt River and Pine Creek. The Sulphur Springs, Fish Creek, and Cortez ranges cover the largely mountainous and arid area; the county is sparsely populated.

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