uk â /sÉbËmÉªs.Éªv/ us â /sÉbËmÉªs.Éªv/. âº A submissive person allows themselves to be controlled by other people: He was looking for a quiet, submissive wife who would obey his every word. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. Weakness and vulnerability.
The times of sunrise and sunset, measured by the clock, are also affected by the difference between the two kinds of time. Although the length of daylight is shortest on the winter solstice, around December 21, the dates of earliest sunset and latest sunrise are, somewhat surprisingly, not on this date.
Because of its tropical location, Mexican sunrises and sunsets do not vary much from season to season. Using standard time as a base, the sunrises in Chapala vary only from 6:15 AM in June to 7:30 AM in December, and the sunsets range only from 7:30 PM in June to 6:15 PM in December.