eureka

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eureka - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Eureka \Eu*re"ka\ [Gr. ? I have found, perfect indicative of ?
     to find.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

eureka - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Eureka
      n 1: an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical
           resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as
           resistance wire [syn: constantan, Eureka]
      2: a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean

eureka - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Eureka
  
     A European technological development programme.
  

eureka - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Eureka, CA (city, FIPS 23042)
    Location: 40.79532 N, 124.15568 W
    Population (1990): 27025 (11781 housing units)
    Area: 24.5 sq km (land), 13.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 95501
  Eureka, IL (city, FIPS 24543)
    Location: 40.71558 N, 89.27514 W
    Population (1990): 4435 (1609 housing units)
    Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 61530
  Eureka, KS (city, FIPS 21800)
    Location: 37.82271 N, 96.28844 W
    Population (1990): 2974 (1630 housing units)
    Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 67045
  Eureka, MO (city, FIPS 22834)
    Location: 38.50290 N, 90.64268 W
    Population (1990): 4683 (1601 housing units)
    Area: 24.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
  Eureka, MT (town, FIPS 24850)
    Location: 48.87593 N, 115.04801 W
    Population (1990): 1043 (491 housing units)
    Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 59917
  Eureka, NC (town, FIPS 21960)
    Location: 35.54089 N, 77.87746 W
    Population (1990): 282 (120 housing units)
    Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 27830
  Eureka, NV
    Zip code(s): 89316
  Eureka, SD (city, FIPS 20180)
    Location: 45.76871 N, 99.62296 W
    Population (1990): 1197 (644 housing units)
    Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
  Eureka, TX (city, FIPS 24816)
    Location: 32.00972 N, 96.28594 W
    Population (1990): 242 (105 housing units)
    Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Eureka, UT (city, FIPS 24080)
    Location: 39.95502 N, 112.11558 W
    Population (1990): 562 (326 housing units)
    Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 84628