sunset

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sunset - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sunset \Sun"set"\, Sunsetting \Sun"set`ting\, n.
     1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time
        when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.
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              'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
                                                    --Campbell.
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     2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.
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     Sunset shell (Zool.), a West Indian marine bivalve
        (Tellina radiata) having a smooth shell marked with
        radiating bands of varied colors resembling those seen at
        sunset or before sunrise; -- called also rising sun.
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sunset - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sunset
      adj 1: of a declining industry or technology; "sunset
             industries"
      2: providing for termination; "a program with a sunset
         provision"
      n 1: the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall
           below the horizon [syn: sunset, sundown] [ant:
           aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow,
           dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light,
           morning, sunrise, sunup]
      2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of
         the sun
      3: the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

sunset - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Sunset, AR (town, FIPS 68060)
    Location: 35.22466 N, 90.20760 W
    Population (1990): 571 (204 housing units)
    Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Sunset, FL (CDP, FIPS 69812)
    Location: 25.70545 N, 80.35256 W
    Population (1990): 15810 (5206 housing units)
    Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Sunset, LA (town, FIPS 74060)
    Location: 30.40826 N, 92.06601 W
    Population (1990): 2201 (856 housing units)
    Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
  Sunset, ME
    Zip code(s): 04683
  Sunset, SC
    Zip code(s): 29685
  Sunset, TX
    Zip code(s): 76270
  Sunset, UT (city, FIPS 74480)
    Location: 41.13867 N, 112.02720 W
    Population (1990): 5128 (1773 housing units)
    Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

sunset - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "sunset":
     cardinal points, close of day, cockshut, compass card,
     compass rose, degrees, east, eastward, eve, even, evening,
     evensong, eventide, grayness, half points, lubber line, nightfall,
     north, northeast, northward, northwest, occident, orient,
     quarter points, rhumb, setting sun, shut of day, south, southeast,
     southward, southwest, sundown, sunrise, the expiring day, twilight,
     vesper, west, westward