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Contrivance
kənˈtrʌɪvn(t)s
Contrivance definitions
noun
contrivance
contrivances
- the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality
"the requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym"
- a device, especially in literary or artistic composition, which gives a sense of artificiality
"the often tiresome contrivances of historical fiction"
- a thing which is created skilfully and inventively to serve a particular purpose
"an assortment of electronic equipment and mechanical contrivances"