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.
But, few people notice something unusual, sunrise does not occur earlier until well after the solstice. That is, until well into January the days grow longer because sunset is a little later each day while sunrise might actually occur later or hold at the same time for several days.he U.S. Naval Observatory table for sunrise and sunset times in Indianapolis shows that the sun rises there at rises at 8:03 a.m. and sets at 5:24 p.m. on Dec. 22. By Dec. 25, the sun rises at 8:04 and sets at 5:26.