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.
By the way, a similar situation occurs at the summer solstice, for the same basic reason, though the effect is not as extreme. Solstice occurs around June 21, but at latitude 40Â° north the earliest sunrise occurs around June 14 and the latest sunset occurs around June 28.