: a moment of sudden, triumphant discovery, inspiration, or insight … he would later tell, over and over, the story of how the idea for the collection came to him—the Eureka moment—improving it with each rendition.—

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Definition of 'eureka moment'

Sure enough, her eureka moment became the cornerstone of a billion-dollar project. She glanced foot-ward and had a eureka moment. After three years of study, one morning he had a 'little eureka' moment. Then the town council had a eureka moment and adopted it as policy.

Whats does Eureka mean?

"Eureka" comes from the Ancient Greek word εὕρηκα heúrēka, meaning "I have found (it)", which is the first person singular perfect indicative active of the verb εὑρίσκω heurískō "I find". It is closely related to heuristic, which refers to experience-based techniques for problem-solving, learning, and discovery.