deus ex machina |หdeษชสs ษks หmakษชnษ, หdiหษs ษks mษหสiหnษ|
noun
an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
ORIGIN late 17th cent.: modern Latin, translation of Greek theos ek mฤkhanฤs,โgod from the machineryโ. In Greek theatre, actors representing gods were suspended above the stage, the denouement of the play being brought about by their intervention.
