eureka moment
The moment of a sudden unexpected discovery.
2002, Evolutionary biology's 'Eureka!' moment supposedly took place some time in September or October 1835, during the Beagle's five-week visit to the Galapagos Islands. — London R
eureka
UK /jəˈɹiː.kə/ US /jʊˈɹiː.kə/
name 5intj 1noun 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
turned
VERB + EUREKA
base, drove, research, shout
EUREKA + NOUN
nunavut, tom
PREP.
in, into
ADV.
suddenly
Definitions
intj
1
An exclamation indicating a sudden discovery.
Eureka! I have found it! What I mean / To say is, not that love is idleness, / But that in love such idleness has been / An accessory, as I have cause to guess.
"Eureka!" he cried, his teeth shining through his beard. "Gentlemen, you may congratulate me and we may congratulate each other. The problem is solved."
noun
1
Synonym of constantan (“copper-nickel alloy”).
name
1
A locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
2
A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
3
A small suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
4
A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
5
A small research base in Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.
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Synonyms
noun — an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistanc
- constantan
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Idioms & Phrases
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Eureka! I have found it! What I mean / To say is, not that love is idleness, / But that in love such idleness has been / An accessory, as I have cause to guess.
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"Eureka!" he cried, his teeth shining through his beard. "Gentlemen, you may congratulate me and we may congratulate each other. The problem is solved."
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A page is turned - eureka, a snatch of tune / is playing itself, the piss-proud syllables / are unveiling a difficult prosody.
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Before dawn this morning, five of us drove into Eureka.
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Eureka!
Tatoeba · #61810106
He got out of the bathtub and shout "Eureka!"
Tatoeba · #1184220Usage Notes
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