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Scene

Something seen by a viewer; a view or prospect.

Image

An image (from Latin: imago) is an artifact that depicts visual perception, such as a photograph or other two-dimensional picture, that resembles a subject—usually a physical object—and thus provides a depiction of it. In the context of signal processing, an image is a distributed amplitude of color(s).

Scene

A public display of passion or temper
Tried not to make a scene.

Image

A simile or metaphor
He uses the image of a hole to describe emotional emptiness

Scene

The place where an action or event occurs
The scene of the crime.

Image

A representation of the external form of a person or thing in art
Her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art
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Scene

The place in which the action of a play, movie, novel, or other narrative occurs; a setting.

Image

The general impression that a person, organization, or product presents to the public
She strives to project an image of youth

Scene

A subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous.

Image

Make a representation of the external form of
Artworks which imaged women's bodies

Scene

A shot or series of shots in a movie constituting a unit of continuous related action.

Image

A representation of the form of a person or object, such as a painting or photograph.
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Scene

A section of a narrative in which the action is depicted through detail and dialogue as if it is occurring in real time
The editor felt the story had too much summary and suggested that the author add more scenes.

Image

A sculptured likeness.

Scene

The scenery and properties for a dramatic presentation.

Image

(Physics) An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction formed by a lens or mirror.

Scene

A theater stage.

Image

One that closely or exactly resembles another
He is the image of his uncle.

Scene

A real or fictitious episode, especially when described.

Image

Likeness; semblance
Genesis says that man was made in the image of God.

Scene

A sphere of activity
Observers of the political scene.

Image

The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public
The public's image of business leaders as greedy.

Scene

(Slang) A situation or set of circumstances
A bad scene.
A wild scene.

Image

The concept or character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media
An actor who tried to convey an image of refined beauty.

Scene

The location of an event that attracts attention.
The scene of the crime

Image

A typical example or embodiment
That child is the image of good health.

Scene

The stage.
They stood in the centre of the scene.

Image

A mental picture of something not real or present
Our image of the cottage did not conform with reality.

Scene

(theatre) The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set
To paint scenes
To change the scenes
Behind the scenes

Image

A vivid description or representation in words, especially a metaphor or simile
The poem uses the image of a barren tree to convey feelings of desolation.

Scene

A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.
The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.
There were some very erotic scenes in the movie, although it was not classified as pornography.

Image

(Mathematics) A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain.

Scene

The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up

Image

(Computers) An exact replica of the contents of a storage device, such as a hard disk, stored on a second storage device, such as a network server.

Scene

A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.
They saw an angry scene outside the pub.

Image

(Obsolete) An apparition.

Scene

A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.

Image

To make or produce a likeness of
Imaged the poet in bronze.

Scene

An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display
The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene.
The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store.

Image

To mirror or reflect
A statue imaged in the water.

Scene

An element of fiction writing.

Image

To make a visual representation of (an object) using remote scanning or technology such as magnetic resonance imaging
Imaged the diseased kidneys.
Imaged the surface of Mars.

Scene

A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
She got into the emo scene at an early age.

Image

To symbolize or typify
A kneeling woman imaging the nation's grief.

Scene

A youth subculture that was popular in Canada and the United States in the 2000s and early 2010s.

Image

To picture mentally; imagine or visualize
Imaged each dive before doing it.

Scene

(transitive) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

Image

To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture
The passage images what it's like to grow up poor.

Scene

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.

Image

To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.

Scene

The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.

Image

To transmit (an exact replica of the contents of a storage device) to another storage device
Imaged the hard drive to the server.

Scene

So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
My dismal scene I needs must act alone.

Image

An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.

Scene

The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
The world is a vast scene of strife.

Image

A mental picture of something not real or not present.

Scene

An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!

Image

A statue or idol.

Scene

A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.

Image

(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons.

Scene

An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait for some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offense, and careless of giving it.

Image

A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.

Scene

To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

Image

(mathematics) What a function maps to.
The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2x.

Scene

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

Image

(mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
The image of this step function is the set of integers.

Scene

An incident (real or imaginary);
Their parting was a sad scene

Image

(radio) A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.

Scene

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

Image

(obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.

Scene

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

Image

(transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.

Scene

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

Image

(transitive) To reflect, mirror.

Scene

A subdivision of an act of a play;
The first act has three scenes

Image

(transitive) To create an image of.

Scene

A display of bad temper;
He had a fit
She threw a tantrum
He made a scene

Image

To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

Scene

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

Image

An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.
Even like a stony image, cold and numb.
Whose is this image and superscription?
This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna.
And God created man in his own image.

Scene

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

Image

Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them.

Scene

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

Image

Show; appearance; cast.
The face of things a frightful image bears.

Image

A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.
Can we conceiveImage of aught delightful, soft, or great?

Image

A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor.

Image

The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror.

Image

To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.

Image

To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.
Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore,And image charms he must behold no more.

Image

An iconic mental representation;
Her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate

Image

A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;
They showed us the pictures of their wedding
A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them

Image

(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world;
A public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty

Image

A standard or typical example;
He is the prototype of good breeding
He provided America with an image of the good father

Image

Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Image

Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor);
He could be Gingrich's double
She's the very image of her mother

Image

A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture);
The coin bears an effigy of Lincoln
The emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone

Image

Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;
I can't see him on horseback!
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy

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