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Definition of Eureka
1. Noun. An alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire.
2. Noun. A town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean.
Definition of Eureka
1. Interjection. An exclamation indicating sudden discovery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eureka
1. used to express triumph upon discovering something [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eureka
Literary usage of Eureka
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"The Richmond Company agreed to convey to the Eureka, with warranty against its
own acts, all its right, title and interest in and to the mining ground ..."
2. Digest of Decisions of the Courts and Interstate Commerce Commission Under by Edward Beauchamp Peirce (1908)
"St. Louis, Mo., Eureka Springs, Ark., bagging and ties, see "Bagging ami ties," 1.
St. Louis, Mo., Eureka Springs, Ark., bones, see "Bones," 1. ..."
3. History of the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board by Joseph L. King (1910)
"66 The Eureka and the Jackson mines in Eureka District, Nevada, ... The Eureka
and the adjoining mine, the Richmond, were in continual litigation. ..."
4. Obsolete American Securities and Corporations by Roland Mulville Smythe (1911)
"Eureka Cigar Machine Co. Office in New York. Dissolved 1892. ... Eureka Copper
Mining Co. Incorporated in Michigan 1863. Stock worthless. Eureka Cuspidor Co ..."
5. Human Resources for Science & Technology: The European Region (1996) by Jean M. Johnson, Jeanne E. Griffith (2000)
"Eureka Another European cooperative effort in R&D (outside the EU Program) is
... Eureka programs were established in 1985 to raise the competitiveness of ..."
6. Intercollegiate Debates edited by Paul Martin Pearson, Egbert Ray Nichols (1914)
"and Eureka College. The first of a series of three triangular debates between
... Illinois Wesleyan had the affirmative against Eureka College and the ..."
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