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sunset |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. --Campbell. 2. Hence the region where the sun sets; the west. {Sunset shell} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sunset adj 1: of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries" 2: providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision" [syn: {sunset(a)}] n 1: the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon [syn: {sundown}] [ant: {dawn}] 2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun 3: the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: 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)
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