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eureka moment

eureka moment noun: the moment of a sudden unexpected discovery.

Noun

eureka moment (plural eureka moments)

  1. (idiomatic) 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 Review of Books, 7 Mar 2002
    • 2002, The dreams of a farm boy, the eureka moment in a potato field, the confession to a teacher, the confidence in him shown by businessmen and bankers and investors, the breakthroughs in the laboratory, all the years of work, the decisions of the official patent examiners, those hard-fought...

Synonyms of eureka moment

Forms of eureka moment

pluraleureka moments

Questions about eureka moment

What does eureka moment mean?
Eureka moment means the moment of a sudden unexpected discovery.
What part of speech is eureka moment?
Eureka moment is a noun.
What is the plural of eureka moment?
The plural of eureka moment is eureka moments.

Words near eureka moment in the dictionary

  1. Euregions
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  3. Eureka County
  4. eureka effect
  5. eureka effects
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  8. Eureka Springs
  9. Eureka step
  10. Eureka steps
  11. eureptile

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