Thesaurus: eureka

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1. 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.
2. n. an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
3. 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.
4. The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to havecried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), uponsuddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold ofKing Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumphconcerning a discovery.
5. u:100 n. a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean