|
Sunrise - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
|
Sunrise : adj : of an industry or technology; new and developing;
"high-technology sunrise industries" [syn: sunrise(a)]
(noun)
1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning,
aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break
of the day, dayspring, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sunset]
2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of
the sun
3: the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
Based on WordNet 2.0
|
|
Sunrise : \Sun"rise`\, Sunrising \Sun"ris`ing\, n.
1. The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the
morning; more generally, the time of such appearance,
whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at
sunrise. ``The tide of sunrise swells.'' --Keble.
2. Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east.
Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising.
--Deut. iv. 47
(Rev. Ver.)
Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of
travel slack, And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves
the sunrise at his back. --Whittier.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
|
|
Sunrise, FL (city, FIPS 69700)
Location: 26.15170 N, 80.29792 W
Population (1990): 64407 (29295 housing units)
Area: 47.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33322, 33323
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
|
|
|
|
|
