sunset

’san,set n. the descent of (the upper lm of) the sun below the horizon at evening; also, the cloud-effect or other atmosferrc fenemena accompanying the setting of the sun; and, the time when the sun sets; sundown; evening. double sunset, a sunset 1n which the sun gs seen to set twice by the same observer who, just after witne ing the first sunset, rises 1n an aircraft beyond the limits of the earth’s shadow, or above the twilight-curv, whence he sees the sun rise again (an the west), and subsequently set for the second time. red sunset, a sunset 1n which the sky is red; specifically, one of a series of remarkable sunsets, such as those of the years 1883-84, in which the red sky is due to the reflection of the sunlight by dust-partrcles carried to great heights as the result of velcanre eruptions.