Advertisement
Advertisement
eureka
1[yoo-ree-kuh, yuh-]
interjection
(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.
(used as an exclamation of triumph at a discovery.)
Eureka
2[yoo-ree-kuh, yuh-]
noun
a city in NW California.
eureka
/ ʊˈːə /
interjection
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.)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Eureka!1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Eureka!1
Example Sentences
Evacuation warnings have been issued for the area south of East Guiberson Road between Smith Canyon Road and Eureka Canyon Road.
Access to East Guiberson Road from Torrey Canyon east to Eureka Canyon has been closed along with Torrey Road south of the 126 Freeway to East Guiberson.
Pasadena Playhouse announced a 2025-26 season Thursday led by Jonathan Spector’s satire “Eureka Day,” a newly minted Tony Award winner for best revival of a play, which centers on a mumps outbreak at a progressive private school in Berkeley whose PTA tries to come up with a vaccine policy that suits everyone — to hilarious results in an era of vaccine skepticism.
Anna D. Shapiro’s sharply-tuned production of Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day,” a bitingly funny satire on the vaccine debate, won for play revival.
Sunset Boulevard also won best musical revival, while Eureka Day, about a school in California which must confront its vaccination policy after an outbreak of mumps among the pupils, won best revival of a play.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse
