Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A subsidiary or branch station, as of a post office or an electric utility.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A subordinate station: as, a police substation.
- noun A subsidiary station to supplement a main station.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A site where
electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage)transmission lines istransformed and/orregulated for local (low-voltage)distribution . - noun A satellite
police station serving oneneighborhood or part of a largerjurisdiction .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network
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Examples
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Everything at a substation is hot, in that shock the bejeezus out of you sense.
Boing Boing 2009
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Maxwell said getting power to all residents attached to the substation is a priority above finding out the cause of the fire.
A view of the storm's impact on the region Washington Post reporters 2011
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McManus said an officer at the substation was the one who brought the allegations to his attention after a woman complained to him about an officer assaulting her.
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McManus said an officer at the substation was the one who brought the allegations to his attention after a woman complained to him about an officer assaulting her.
Rapists on patrol 2007
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In March 2005, Halliburton subsidiary KBR announced that it had completed work on the Al Ameen substation, which is to supply up to 1,000 MW of power to Baghdad.
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The substation was a half mile down Main Street, to the overhanging stoplight, a half block north after turning left, a freestanding single-story brick building about the size of a McDonald's.
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The substation was a half mile down Main Street, to the overhanging stoplight, a half block north after turning left, a freestanding single-story brick building about the size of a McDonald's.
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Lobao, speaking at a news conference in Brasilia, said a failure at the substation was the probable cause of the blackout, but that he and other officials would meet next week and provide a detailed report within days.
SFGate: Top News Stories By BRADLEY BROOKS 2011
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Lobao, speaking at a news conference in Brasilia, said a failure at the substation was the probable cause of the blackout, but that he and other officials would meet next week and provide a detailed report within days.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Lobao, speaking at a news conference in Brasilia, said a failure at the substation was the probable cause of the blackout, but that he and other officials would meet next week and provide a detailed report within days.
The Seattle Times 2011
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