- something contrived; a device, especially a mechanical one.
- the act or manner of contriving; the faculty or power of contriving.
- a plan or scheme; expedient.
- something contrived, esp an ingenious device; contraption
- the act or faculty of devising or adapting; inventive skill or ability
- an artificial rather than natural selection or arrangement of details, parts, etc
- an elaborate or deceitful plan or expedient; stratagem
