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.
The earliest sunrise is at 6:46am on May 31; the latest sunset is at 9:37pm on May 31; the latest sunrise is at 7:12am on May 1; the earliest sunset is at 9:10pm on May 1. Daylight savings time is observed in 2012 but it neither starts nor ends in May, so the entire month is in daylight time.