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feeder station

feeder station noun: a facility that takes power from the national grid and feeds it to overhead electrification lines on a railway.

feeder station: a facility that takes power from the national grid and feeds it to overhead electrification lines...
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Noun

feeder station (plural feeder stations)

  1. A facility that takes power from the national grid and feeds it to overhead electrification lines on a railway.
    • Overlap spans and neutral sections have been provided at intervals along the line, which is thus sectioned electrically, not only at the feeder station and track sectioning cabins, but also by switches at certain overlap spans.1959 June, “Clacton and Walton Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 379

Forms of feeder station

pluralfeeder stations

Questions about feeder station

What does feeder station mean?
Feeder station means a facility that takes power from the national grid and feeds it to overhead electrification lines on a railway.
What part of speech is feeder station?
Feeder station is a noun.
What is the plural of feeder station?
The plural of feeder station is feeder stations.

Words near feeder station in the dictionary

  1. feeder line
  2. feeder reservoir
  3. feeder reservoirs
  4. feeder school
  5. feeder schools
  6. feeder station
  7. feeder stations
  8. feederism
  9. feederliner
  10. feederliners
  11. feeders

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