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It is a cry of joy and satisfaction from the Green word 'heureka' meaning 'I have found it'. The word was used by Archimedes when he discovered a method of determining the purity of gold. Used in Europe since the 17th century

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It means 'I have found it' in ancient Greek, referring to the answer to a question.

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