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Meaning of scene

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  scene
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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