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eureka

The origin and history of eureka.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek heúrēka (\"I have found it!\"). Legend has it that the mathematician Archimedes shouted this after realising, while stepping into a bath, how to measure an object's density.

Origin: Ancient Greek

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