sunset : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sunset	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sunset
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sunset adj of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries" providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision" n the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon Synonym(s): sunset, sundown Antonym(s): aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
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[94]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 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)