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sun⋅set

  [suhn-set]
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–noun
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.
–adjective
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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see sun, set
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sun·set   (sŭn'sět')   
n.  
  1. The event or time of the daily disappearance of the sun below the western horizon.
  2. A decline or final phase: the sunset of an empire.
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : sunset
Spanish: puesta de sol, crepúsculo,
German: der Sonnenuntergang,
Japanese: 日没
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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>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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