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contrivance [kənˈtraɪvəns] N

1. contrivance (act of contriving):

contrivance

вы́думка f

contrivance

2. contrivance (device):

contrivance

приспособле́ние nt

3. contrivance (inventive capacity):

contrivance

изобрета́тельность f

contrivance

нахо́дчивость f

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Huge mechanical contrivances hold out horizontal nets with diameters of twenty metres or more. en.wikipedia.org

But any careful reader or writer would understand how much artifice and contrivance go into making this self-standing and self-contained. en.wikipedia.org

These pet doors usually have a spring or other contrivance to force their closure after the pet has gone through. en.wikipedia.org

The whole logical contrivance is called a twisting argument. en.wikipedia.org

All pre-twentieth-century precursors had in common that they were mechanical contrivances. en.wikipedia.org

His activity was considerable, whether as a painter or as an inventor of scenic contrivances for ftes at the marriage of royal personages. en.wikipedia.org

For this and further serials, however, the contrivance of the dish aerials to achieve this was dispensed with. en.wikipedia.org

Once launched, however, it starts leaking, pulling apart at the seams, and generally foundering in a welter of obvious contrivances and clichs... en.wikipedia.org

However, though you may be aware of contrivance in these instances, it is not likely that you will remain immune to the excitement. en.wikipedia.org

It is, in fact, a rather obvious and narrowly confined piece of comical contrivance for the genial performer to command... en.wikipedia.org

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