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