scene

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I learnt OpenGL so that I could create the 3D scene.

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Quick take

the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of scene gathered in one view.

noun

the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime"

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an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene"

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the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for scene.

noun

the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime"

noun

an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene"

noun

the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"

See also: view, aspect, prospect, vista, panorama

noun

a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

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a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"

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a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes"

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

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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"

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the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"

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the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"

Example sentences

I learnt OpenGL so that I could create the 3D scene.

It's a big one: You're not taking into account the way other objects in the scene affect that little point.

First scene shows a guy writing on a typewriter, next scene shows someone hanging up Polaroid pictures.

The computing scene at that time revolved around Microsoft like the many moons of Jupiter.

Hell, I'm even done with sketchy torrent sites, and different scene groups fighting over who gets to release what, and a billion codecs and formats.

Arrington and his stories reflect the scene - if he is pumping a startup, it is because through talking to dozens of investors he keeps hearing about it.

This has some negative consequences too but it means that retail investors and mutual funds have largely been excluded from the startup scene, which honestly is a Good Thing [tm]; and5.

When you get really good you can even start reprocessing a scene or a model, deconstructing it in your mind and then reconstructing it via some other technique.