τέχνασμα — meaning in English
technasma
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English meaning
- device noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
- ploy noun A cunning tactic or trick used to gain an advantage.
- subterfuge noun A trick or deceptive scheme used to avoid something or achieve a hidden goal.
- wile noun A crafty trick used to deceive or persuade someone.
Senses
τέχνασμα is used for these senses in English:
- device A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
- ploy A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
- subterfuge (countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and diplomatics.
- wile (usually, in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
device — full definition
- noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
- noun A scheme or trick, often meant to deceive or gain advantage.
- noun A technique a writer or speaker uses deliberately to create an effect, such as a rhetorical or literary device.