Definition of EUREKA

eureka

Meanings

Noun

  • an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
  • a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean
  • Synonym of constantan (“copper-nickel alloy”).

Intj

  • An exclamation indicating a sudden discovery.

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative first person singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”). Archimedes supposedly exclaimed this when he figured out how to determine the density of an object. First use appears c. 1603 in a text by Philemon Holland.

Synonyms

constantan

Scrabble Score: 10

eureka is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 11

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