Definition: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
Usage: he painted scenes from everyday life; figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment
Similar words: graphic art
Definition: the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking
Definition: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
Usage: they worked all night painting the scenery
Definition: representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
Usage: the sets were meticulously authentic
Synonyms: scene, panorama, view, vista, prospect, aspect
Definition: the visual percept of a region
Usage: the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
Similar words: visual image, visual percept
Definition: a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system
Definition: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
Similar words: exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picture
Definition: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
Synonyms: scene
Definition: a subdivision of an act of a play
Usage: the first act has three scenes
Similar words: dramatic composition, dramatic work
Definition: a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.
Synonyms: scene
Definition: an incident (real or imaginary)
Usage: their parting was a sad scene
Similar words: incident
Definition: a single distinct event
Definition: the context and environment in which something is set
Usage: the perfect setting for a ghost story
Similar words: environment, environs, surround, surroundings
Definition: the area in which something exists or lives
Usage: the country--the flat agricultural surround
Synonyms: scene
Definition: the place where some action occurs
Usage: the police returned to the scene of the crime
Definition: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
Usage: it was a mountainous area; Bible country
Definition: a situation treated as an observable object
Usage: the political picture is favorable; the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
Similar words: situation, state of affairs
Definition: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
Usage: the present international situation is dangerous; wondered how such a state of affairs had come about; eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation- Franklin D.Roosevelt
Synonyms: scene, conniption, tantrum, fit
Definition: a display of bad temper
Usage: he had a fit; she threw a tantrum; he made a scene
Similar words: ill temper, bad temper
Definition: a persisting angry mood