Setting
Definition of Setting
Set´ting | n. | 1. | The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current. | | 2. | The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. | | 3. | Something set in, or inserted. | | 4. | That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin. | | 5. | the time, place, and circumstances in which an event (real or fictional) occurs; as, the setting of a novel. |
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