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- Dictionaryde·us ex ma·chi·na/ˌdāəs ˌeks ˈmäkənə/
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- 1. an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
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Latin for "god" or "deity"
Deus () is the Latin word for "god" or "deity". Latin deus and dīvus ("divine") are in turn descended from Proto-Indo-European *deiwos, "celestial" or "shining", from the same root as *Dyēus, the reconstructed chief god of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon. In Classical Latin, deus (feminine dea) was a general noun referring to a deity, while in technical usage a divus or diva was a figure who had ... Wikipedia