contrivance

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
2. isim A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.

   “And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance.”

3. isim Something overly artful or artificial.

   “The Harry Hamlin character is a bit of a hypochondriac, a contrivance that exists for the sole purpose of bringing him into contact with the confused young doctor at the clinic.”