Usually means: Unexpected solution; resolves plot abruptly.
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  1. deus ex machina: Merriam-Webster
  2. deus ex machina: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deus ex machina: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. deus ex machina: Collins English Dictionary
  5. deus ex machina: Vocabulary.com
  6. deus ex machina: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. deus ex machina: Wiktionary
  8. deus ex machina: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. deus ex machina: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. deus ex machina: Dictionary.com
  11. deus ex machina: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  15. deus ex machina: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. deus ex machina: Foreign Words and Phrases
  17. Deus ex Machina: The Word Detective
  18. deus ex machina: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deus ex machina: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. deus ex machina: A Word A Day
  2. deus ex machina: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (deus ex machina)

noun:  (narratology) Any resolution to a story that does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and that is so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, and presumably allows the author, director, or developer to end the story in the way that they desired.
noun:  (by extension) A contrived solution to a problem, relying on an agent external to the situation.
noun:  (historical, literary) A deity in Greek and Roman drama who was brought in by stage machinery to intervene in a difficult situation (i.e., to resolve a crisis, or untangle issues surrounding it, a character logically expected to do so).
noun:  (historical) A machine used to bring an actor playing a god onto the stage, either up through a trapdoor or (e.g. by crane) from above.

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