eureka

/juหˆษนikษ™/

IPA: /Y UH0 R IY1 K AH0/

noun
  1. 1

    An alloy of copper and nickel whose resistivity is constant over a wide temperature range

Synonyms

interjection
  1. 1

    An exclamation indicating sudden discovery.

    โ€œ1821: 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. โ€” Byron, Don Juan, 1821โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/constantan, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eureka