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de•us ex ma•chi•na



Pronunciation: (dā'us eks mä'ku-nu, dē'us eks mak'u-nu), [key]
1. (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the entanglements of the plot.
2. any artificial or improbable device resolving the difficulties of a plot.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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