eureka

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BLOODSWORTH: Well, I had what they call a eureka moment at that time.

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  1. interjection Used to express triumph upon finding or discovering something.

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  • And in a sudden rush of eureka, he forgot himself, taboowise, and very nearly sprang to his feet. —  Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
  • He was sitting on a plane with his wife watching her play hangman -- eureka! —  CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2007
  • BLOODSWORTH: Well, I had what they call a eureka moment at that time. —  CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2005
  • And, eureka, there it was, less than a pound of pressure. —  CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2005
  • Well, eureka, then! —  Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
 

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  1. 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.

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  1. Prop. *heureka, from Greek εύρηκα, I have found (it), perfect indicative active of εὑρίσκειν (εὑρ-, εὑρε-), find, discover.
 

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