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midscene

midscene adjective: relating to the middle of a scene.

Adjective

midscene (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the middle of a scene

Adverb

midscene (not comparable)

  1. In the middle of a scene
    • Characters appear out of nowhere and change identities midscene.1999 August 13, Jack Helbig, “Master of Unreality”, in Chicago Reader
    • The film begins abruptly, as if in midscene, with a documentarylike record of a workers' meeting; the credits are followed by an actual documentary segment on housing development in the early 60s, complete with didactic voice-over.2000 March 10, Fred Camper, “One Way or Another”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of midscene

From mid- + scene.

Questions about midscene

What does midscene mean?
Midscene means relating to the middle of a scene.
What part of speech is midscene?
Midscene can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near midscene in the dictionary

  1. midsagittally
  2. Midsalip
  3. Midsayap
  4. midscale
  5. midscapular
  6. midscene
  7. midscream
  8. midsea
  9. midseason
  10. midseason form
  11. midseasons

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