deus ex machina
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- واژهنامه · Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary de·us ex ma·chi·na Pronunciation: ' dā-əs- ˌ eks- ' mä-ki-nə, - ' ma-, - ˌ nä; -mə- ' shē-nə Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, a god from a machine, translation of Greek theos ek mēchanēs Date: 1697 1 : a god introduced by means of a crane in ancient Greek and Roman drama to decide the final outcome 2 : a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty