Deus ex machina - Bog iz mašine; Bog iz pozorišne mašine. Iznenadno pojavljivanje, u nekom pozorišnom komadu nekog boga ili natprirodnog bića pomoću neke mašine iz prostora nad pozornicom. U figurativnom značenju, rasplet tragične situacije.

Deus ex machina - Stage device in Greek and Roman drama in which a god appeared in the sky by means of a crane (Greek, mechane) to resolve the plot of a play. Plays by Sophocles and particularly Euripides sometimes require the device. The term now denotes something that appears suddenly and unexpectedly and provides an artificial solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty.