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sunrise

ˈsənˌraɪz
WordNet
View of a hilly landscape with a sunrise. In the foreground a lake where three figures are resting. They are watched from the bushes by two figures. In the background the contours of a city.
View of a hilly landscape with a sunrise. In the foreground a lake where three figures are resting. They are watched from the bushes by two figures. In the background the contours of a city.
  1. (adj) sunrise
    of an industry or technology; new and developing "high-technology sunrise industries"
  2. (n) sunrise
    the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
  3. (n) sunrise
    atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun
  4. (n) sunrise
    the first light of day "we got up before dawn","they talked until morning"
Illustrations
Two men sitting under a pine tree near a lantern, watching the first sunrise of the year. The lantern indicates the year as the year of the snake. With four poems.
Two men sitting under a pine tree near a lantern, watching the first sunrise of the year. The lantern indicates the year as the year of the snake. With four poems.
Horseman in a landscape at sunrise. Third print of part two of a series of a total of 52 prints with landscapes, divided into two parts of 26 prints each.
Horseman in a landscape at sunrise. Third print of part two of a series of a total of 52 prints with landscapes, divided into two parts of 26 prints each.
View of part of the ruins on the Palatine Hill in Rome with the sunrise over the hills on the left. Print from a series of 25 prints with Roman ruins.
View of part of the ruins on the Palatine Hill in Rome with the sunrise over the hills on the left. Print from a series of 25 prints with Roman ruins.
Sheet with 6 representations of nature and natural phenomena, such as a sunrise, lightning and a rainbow. Below each picture a six-line verse. Numbered top right: No 146.
Sheet with 6 representations of nature and natural phenomena, such as a sunrise, lightning and a rainbow. Below each picture a six-line verse. Numbered top right: No 146.
View of part of the ruins on the Palatine Hill in Rome with the sunrise over the hills on the left. This print is part of an album.
View of part of the ruins on the Palatine Hill in Rome with the sunrise over the hills on the left. This print is part of an album.
View across a wide river at sunrise or sunset. Part of a group of eleven album pages with family photos of the Gonggrijp family in Suriname, c. 1912.
View across a wide river at sunrise or sunset. Part of a group of eleven album pages with family photos of the Gonggrijp family in Suriname, c. 1912.
Soldiers in an army camp are awakened during sunrise by two men on horseback, one blowing a trumpet. Two men are feeding their horses.
Soldiers in an army camp are awakened during sunrise by two men on horseback, one blowing a trumpet. Two men are feeding their horses.
A great red sun rises behind a golden cloud, the first sunrise of the year. With one poem.
A great red sun rises behind a golden cloud, the first sunrise of the year. With one poem.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) sunrise
    The rise or first appearance of the upper limb of the sun above the horizon in the morning; also, the atmospheric phenomena accompanying the rising of the sun; the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; morning.
  2. (n) sunrise
    The region or place where the sun rises; the east: as, to travel toward the sunrise.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Sunrise
    the rising or first appearance of the sun above the horizon: the time of this rising: the east
Quotations
Clement of Alexandria
The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.
Clement of Alexandria
William Blake
He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.
William Blake
George Washington Carver
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
George Washington Carver
Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.
Horace Mann
Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever.
Horace Mann
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. sunne; Ice. sunna, Ger. sunne.

Usage in the news

14 m ago Accident Railroad Ave and Sunrise Hwy North Service Rd. newsday.com

Syngenta's Calibrachoa 'Callie Orange Sunrise'. greenhousegrower.com

Sex, spies and psychoanalysis in 'Waiting for Sunrise'. cnn.com

"Waiting for Sunrise" is a new novel from acclaimed British author William Boyd. cnn.com

A driver refresher course will be held Saturday, May 21 12:30 – 4:30 pm at The Villages of North Branch, Sunrise Hall. ecmpostreview.com

2.5 stars for Peruvian classics in Sunrise & West Kendall. miami.com

"Softly as in a Morning Sunrise". vpr.net

31 m ago In Islip accident cleared on Sunrise Hwy Service Rd EB at Carleton Ave. newsday.com

In Islip accident cleared on Sunrise Hwy Service Rd EB at Carleton Ave. 31 m ago at waystaff Lane. newsday.com

It happened outside Sawgrass Mills Mall in Sunrise. sun-sentinel.com

12801 West Sunrise Boulevard, Sunrise. miami.com

Rivaling Disney World in popularity and vastness, Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise is the ultimate outlet mall. miami.com

Sunrise outlet mall hosts shopping party with Lauren Tannehill at 140,000-foot retail expansion. orlandosentinel.com

The spotlight's on Dead by Sunrise. ocregister.com

Sunrise brings a skiff of snow to Monument Valley. sjrnews.com

Usage in scientific papers

The minima of ∆ L2 occur around sunrise (around 7h local) and sunset (around 17h local) where the temperatures go through maximum and minimum and show the smallest change with time.
Mechanical Measurements of the ALMA Prototype Antennas

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the sunobserving satellite Solar-B on September 23 and renamed it to Hinode, the Japanese word for sunrise.
Astrophysics in 2006

Flatfield corrections are derived from observation of the sunrise sky.
New neighbours: IV. 30 DENIS late-M dwarfs between 15 and 30 parsecs

The differential equations for the 2-loop sunrise graph, at equal masses but arbitrary momentum transfer, are used for the analytic evaluation of the coefficients of its Laurent-expansion in the continuous dimension d.
Differential Equations for the 2-Loop Equal Mass Sunrise

In fact, their reduction to MIs involves a “sunrise”-type subtopology with three equal massive propagators and an external momentum which is not on the mass shell of the internal propagators.
Two-Loop Planar Corrections to Heavy-Quark Pair Production in the Quark-Antiquark Channel

Usage in literature

The last will arrive the day after, at about sunrise here. "Talents, Incorporated" by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

In strict V-formation, they flashed from the sunrise toward the west. "The Pirates of Ersatz" by Murray Leinster

These thirty miles must be traversed between sunset and sunrise. "The Hour and the Man" by Harriet Martineau

It suddenly occurred to him that he had never seen a sunrise on the pond. "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

We left at sunrise the next morning; there was a sunrise that morning, for a wonder. "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Up at sunrise again, but it took some time to get ready, for I had to get some clothes out of the trunk, to send home. "A Confederate Girl's Diary" by Sarah Margan Dawson

Before sunrise the Greek ships were working their way in long procession through the Strait of Negropont. "Famous Sea Fights" by John Richard Hale

SUNRISE IN THE TROPICS. "The Tiger Hunter" by Mayne Reid

As for you, old man," he added, turning to the merchant, "at sunrise to-morrow you will take your departure. "Children's Literature" by Charles Madison Curry

They were on the move shortly after sunrise, that is to say half-past three. "The Woman from Outside" by Hulbert Footner

Usage in poetry
Lo! lo! the dawn-blink yonder,
The sunrise draweth nigh,
And men forget to wonder
That they were born to die.
"Earth The Healer, Earth The Keeper" by William Morris Author object (714)
He who binds to himself a joy
Dot the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity's sunrise.
"Several Questions Answered" by William Blake Author object (692)
Ho, the sunrise rainbow-hearted
Steals athwart the misty brine,
And the sky where clouds have parted
Is a bowl of amber wine!
"Morning along Shore" by Lucy Maud Montgomery Author object (453)
Of how the months have fled away,
And sunrise hour turned twilight gray,
While we have suffered smilingly
For our Love's sake.
"For Our Love's Sake" by Sophie Margaret Hensley
That man did touch thee! Eyes divine
Make sunrise in thy soul;
Thou seest love in order shine:—
His health hath made thee whole!
"Mary Magdalene" by George MacDonald Author object (244)
“And when will ye come back frae roamin’,
My merry son, come tell me hither?
And when will ye come back frae roamin’?
And I wot I hae not anither.”
“When the sunrise out of the north is comen,
O dear mither.”
"The Bloody Sun" by Algernon Charles Swinburne Author object (28)