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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''dosk'', alteration of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] [[dox]]; akin to [[Latin]] ''fuscus'' dark brown, Old English ''dunn'' dun, ''dūst'' dust
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: somewhat [[dark]] in [[color]]; specifically : having dark skin
*2: marked by slight or deficient [[light]] : [[shadowy]]
==Description==
'''Dusk''' is the beginning of [[darkness]] in the evening, and occurs after [[twilight]], when the sky generally remains bright and blue. Civil dusk is when the [[earth]] has rotated enough that the center of the [[sun]] is at 6° below the local [[horizon]]. This marks the end of the ''evening'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight#Civil_twilight civil twilight], the point where artificial [[illumination]] is required to [[read]] outside. It can be [[confused]] with sunset, which is the point at which the earth has rotated enough, that the sun is no longer [[visible]] from the local [[horizon]].
*Evening
'''Evening''' is the period between the late afternoon and night when daylight is decreasing. Though the term is [[subjective]], evening is typically [[understood]] to begin before sunset and extend until nightfall, the beginning of night. Evening thus spans the period of [[twilight]], but begins before it and depending on [[definition]] may extend past its end.
Informally, the term "evening" is used in place of "night", especially in the [[context]] of an [[event]] which takes place over the course of said "evening".
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''dosk'', alteration of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] [[dox]]; akin to [[Latin]] ''fuscus'' dark brown, Old English ''dunn'' dun, ''dūst'' dust
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: somewhat [[dark]] in [[color]]; specifically : having dark skin
*2: marked by slight or deficient [[light]] : [[shadowy]]
==Description==
'''Dusk''' is the beginning of [[darkness]] in the evening, and occurs after [[twilight]], when the sky generally remains bright and blue. Civil dusk is when the [[earth]] has rotated enough that the center of the [[sun]] is at 6° below the local [[horizon]]. This marks the end of the ''evening'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight#Civil_twilight civil twilight], the point where artificial [[illumination]] is required to [[read]] outside. It can be [[confused]] with sunset, which is the point at which the earth has rotated enough, that the sun is no longer [[visible]] from the local [[horizon]].
*Evening
'''Evening''' is the period between the late afternoon and night when daylight is decreasing. Though the term is [[subjective]], evening is typically [[understood]] to begin before sunset and extend until nightfall, the beginning of night. Evening thus spans the period of [[twilight]], but begins before it and depending on [[definition]] may extend past its end.
Informally, the term "evening" is used in place of "night", especially in the [[context]] of an [[event]] which takes place over the course of said "evening".
[[Category: General Reference]]