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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Eureka n : a copper-nickel alloy with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire [syn: {constantan}, {Eureka}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: 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 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Eureka A European technological development programme.
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