scene /sin/
1. the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime"
synset: scene
2. an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene"
synset: scene
3. the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
synset: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama
4. a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
5. a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
6. a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes"
synset: scene
7. a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"
synset: 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"
9. the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
10. the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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