Noun
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"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"7. a display of bad temper;
"he had a fit""she threw a tantrum""he made a scene"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"