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nounthe first light of day
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nounatmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the suntype of:
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"high-technology sunrise industries"adjectiveof an industry or technology; new and developing
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nounthe daily event of the sun rising above the horizontype of:
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- day the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- night the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- none a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
- none a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
- dark the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- daylight the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- daytime the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- lucifer a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
- nighttime the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- ramadan (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan