Scene - Definition

n 1: the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to
the scene of the crime"
2: an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad
scene"
3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect,
prospect, scene, vista, panorama]
4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
action in a film [syn: scene, shot]
5: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has
changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene]
6: a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three
scenes"
7: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a
tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene,
conniption]
8: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic
representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from
everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic
views of the equipment" [syn: scene, view]
9: the context and environment in which something is set; "the
perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene]
10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting
the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene]