[suhn-set] Pronunciation Key | 1. | the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening. |
| 2. | the atmospheric and scenic phenomena accompanying this. |
| 3. | the time when the sun sets. |
| 4. | the close or final stage of any period. |
| 5. | (of an industry, technology, etc.) old; declining: sunset industries. |
| 6. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sunset law: to add sunset restrictions to a bill. |
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
| sun·set
(sŭn'sět') Pronunciation Key
n.
adj. Providing for the automatic termination of a government program or agency unless deliberately reauthorized by law: a state-funded program with a sunset provision. |
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| sunset | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries" |
| 2. | providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision" |
noun | |
| 1. | the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon [ant: aurora] |
| 2. | atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun |
| 3. | the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon |
Main Entry: sun·set
Function: adjective
: having or being a provision stipulating the termination or repeal of something (as a law, grant, or insurance coverage) on a specified date <sunset laws requiring periodic review of programs to justify their continuance>
Sunset Beach, NC (town, FIPS 65900) Location: 33.87469 N, 78.50997 W
Population (1990): 311 (1066 housing units)
Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28468
Sunset Hills, MO (city, FIPS 71746) Location: 38.53733 N, 90.41634 W
Population (1990): 4915 (2033 housing units)
Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Population (1990): 327 (133 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Sunset, TX Zip code(s): 76270
Sunset, SC Zip code(s): 29685
Sunset, ME Zip code(s): 04683
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, 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, 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)
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Population (1990): 5128 (1773 housing units)
Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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.
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