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Meaning of contrivance

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  contrivance
      n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular
           job [syn: {appliance}, {contraption}, {contrivance},
           {convenience}, {gadget}, {gizmo}, {gismo}, {widget}]
      2: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful
         contrivance of answers to every problem"
      3: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or
         evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off
         the track" [syn: {contrivance}, {stratagem}, {dodge}]
      4: an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement
         of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many
         improbable contrivances to be believable"
      5: any improvised arrangement for temporary use [syn: {lash-up},
         {contrivance}]
      6: the act of devising something [syn: {devisal}, {contrivance}]


Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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